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Jorie Graham

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Jorie Graham · Arts & Literature

What

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

When

1950, New York City, United States

Where

United States · Italy

Prizes and awards
Biography

Jorie Graham is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

How & why

Jorie Graham is a major American poet who won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for 'The Dream of the Unified Field' and became the first woman to hold Harvard's Boylston Professorship. Raised in Rome, she is the daughter of the sculptor Beverly Pepper, of a Brooklyn Jewish family; her Jewish ancestry on her mother's side is documented.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry