Marya Zaturenska
Marya Zaturenska · Arts & Literature
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1902, Kyiv, Russian Empire — 1982, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, United States
United States
Marya Zaturenska is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Zaturenska was an American lyric poet who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1938 for Cold Morning Sky. Born to a Jewish family in Kyiv, she emigrated to New York as a child, worked in a garment factory while attending night school, and rose through scholarships to a literary career.
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Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
