Mona Van Duyn

Mona Van Duyn
Van Duyn in 1992 or 1993
Born(1921-05-09)May 9, 1921
Waterloo, Iowa, US
DiedDecember 2, 2004(2004-12-02) (aged 83)
University City, Missouri
Alma materIowa State Teachers College
State University of Iowa
Occupation(s)Poet
Professor
Employer(s)University of Louisville
Washington University in St. Louis
TitleUnited States Poet Laureate
Term1992-1993
AwardsNational Book Award (1971)
Bollingen Prize (1971)
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize (1989)
Pulitzer Prize (1991)

Mona Jane Van Duyn (May 9, 1921 – December 2, 2004) was an American poet.

Van Duyn was born in Waterloo, Iowa. She earned a BA from Iowa State Teachers College and an MA from the University of Iowa.[1]

Her book, To See, To Take won the National Book Award in 1971. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1991 for Near Changes. From 1992 to 1993, she the first woman to serve as United States Poet Laureate.[1]

Books

[change | change source]
  • Valentines to the Wide World (1959)
  • A Time of Bees (1964)
  • To See, To Take: Poems (1970)
  • Bedtime Stories (1972.)
  • Merciful Disguises:: Poems Published and Unpublished (1973)
  • Letters From a Father, and Other Poems (1982)
  • Near Changes (1990)
  • Firefall (1992)
  • If It Be Not I: Collected Poems, 1959-1982 (1994)
  • Selected Poems (2003)
[change | change source]

References

[change | change source]
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mona Van Duyn". Poetry Foundation. 2023-03-02. Retrieved 2023-03-02.