Marya Zaturenska (September 12, 1902 – January 19, 1982) was an American lyric poet, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1938.[1]
Marya Zaturenska | |
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Born | September 12, 1902 Kyiv, Ukraine |
Died | January 19, 1982 Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts | (aged 79)
Education | Valparaiso University University of Wisconsin, Madison (BA) |
Genre | Lyric poetry |
Notable works | Cold Morning Sky |
Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1938) |
Spouse | Horace Gregory (m. 1925) |
She was born in Kyiv 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;[2][3] she later transferred to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, receiving a degree in library science.[4] She met her husband, the prize-winning poet Horace Gregory there; they married in 1925.[1] 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,[5] Poetry Magazine,[6]