Marya Zaturenska
Marya Zaturenska (born September 12, 1902 in Kiev , † January 19, 1982 in Shelburne Falls ) was an American writer .
Life
Originally from Russia, Zaturenska moved to the USA in 1910, where she began studying at the University of Wisconsin-Madison . She received American citizenship in 1912 and married the poet Horace Gregory in 1925 .
Together with her husband, she edited various anthologies , including the 1946 work A history of American poetry, 1900-1940 . Zaturenska became famous for her volume of poetry Cold morning sky , published in 1937 , for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1938 .
In addition to numerous volumes of poetry such as Threshold and Hearth (1934) or The listening landscape (1941), she also wrote a biography in 1949 in which she described the life of Christina Georgina Rossetti . Her last work was the volume of poetry The hidden waterfall , published in 1974 .
literature
- Alfred Hornung (Ed.): Lexicon of American literature . Meyers Lexikonverlag, Mannheim 1992, page 365, ISBN 3-411-07701-8
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zaturenska, Marya |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kiev |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 19, 1982 |
| Place of death | Shelburn Falls , Massachusetts |