Biography marianne moore

Search more than 3, biographies of contemporary and classic poets. Born near St. Louis, Missouri, on November 15, , Marianne Moore was raised in the home of her grandfather, a Presbyterian pastor.

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Following graduation, Moore studied typing at Carlisle Commercial College, and from to she was employed as a school teacher at the Carlisle Indian School. She began to meet other poets, such as William Carlos Williams and Wallace Stevens , and to contribute to the Dial , a prestigious literary magazine. She served as acting editor of the Dial from to In , H.

Moore was widely recognized for her work; among her many honors were the Bollingen prize, the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. She wrote with the freedom characteristic of the other Modernist poets, often incorporating quotes from other sources into the text, yet her use of language was always extraordinarily condensed and precise, capable of suggesting a variety of ideas and associations within a single, compact image.

She was also a great fan of professional baseball and an admirer of Muhammed Ali, for whom she wrote the liner notes to his record, I Am the Greatest! Deeply attached to her mother, she lived with her until Mrs. One of the most celebrated figures in American poetry, Robert Frost was the author of numerous poetry collections, including New Hampshire Henry Holt and Company,