Marya Zaturenska (September 12, 1902 – January 19, 1982) was an American

lyric poet Modern lyric poetry is a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person. It is not equivalent to song lyrics, though song lyrics are often in the lyric mode, and it is also ''not'' equi ...

, winner of the

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes awarded annually for Letters, Drama, and Music. It was first presented in 1922, and is given for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author, published ...

in 1938.

Life

She was born in

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyi ...

and her family emigrated to the United States, when she was eight and lived in New York. Like many immigrants, she worked in a clothing factory during the day, but was able to attend night high school. She was an outstanding student and won a scholarship to

Valparaiso University Valparaiso University (Valpo) is a private university in Valparaiso, Indiana. It is a Lutheran university with about 3,000 students from over 50 countries on a campus of . Originally named Valparaiso Male and Female College, Valparaiso Universit ...

; she later transferred to the

University of Wisconsin–Madison A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United Stat ...

, receiving a degree in library science. She met her husband, the prize-winning poet

Horace Gregory Horace Gregory (April 10, 1898 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – March 11, 1982 in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts) was a prize-winning American poet, translator of classic poetry, literary critic and college professor. He was awarded the Bollingen ...

there; they married in 1925. Her two children were Patrick and Joanna Gregory. She wrote eight volumes of poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning ''Cold Morning Sky'', and she edited six anthologies of poetry. Her work appeared in ''The New York Times'', ''Poetry Magazine'',

Awards

* 1938 Pulitzer Prize

Works

Poetry

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Editor

Non-fiction

* * * Marya Zaturenska, (1949). ''Christina Rossetti, A Portrait With Background'', The MacMillan Company.

References

1902 births 1982 deaths Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winners American women poets Valparaiso University alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Library and Information Studies alumni 20th-century American poets Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States 20th-century American women writers People from Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts {{US-poet-1900s-stub