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Maxine Kumin

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Maxine Kumin · Arts & Literature

What

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

When

1925, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States — 2014, Warner, New Hampshire, United States

Where

United States

Prizes and awards
Biography

Maxine Kumin is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

How & why

Maxine Kumin was an American poet who won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for 'Up Country' and served as U.S. Poet Laureate (Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress), writing closely observed poems of rural New England life. She was born to a Jewish family in Philadelphia. She published more than a dozen poetry collections.

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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