Miriam Levine (born 1939) is an American memoirist, poet and novelist.[1] Levine was the first Poet Laureate of Arlington, Massachusetts.[2]
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Born | 1939 (age 84–85) Paterson, New Jersey, U.S. |
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Nationality | American |
Education | Boston University (BA, MA) Tufts University (PhD) |
Parents | Joseph Levine Gertrude Levine |
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Levine was born in Paterson, New Jersey, the daughter of Gertrude and Joseph Levine.[3] She spent her early years in Passaic, New Jersey and earned a BA and MA in Comparative Literature from Boston University and a PhD in British Literature from Tufts University.[4]
Levine was a professor at Framingham State University; and, before that, taught at Emerson College, University of Massachusetts Boston, and Northeastern University.[5][4]
Levine, winner of the Autumn House Poetry Prize,[6] is a recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Massachusetts Artists Foundation.[7] Awarded a Pushcart Prize,[8] she was a resident fellow at Yaddo;[8] Le Chateau de Lavigny International Writers' Colony, Switzerland;[9] and Millay Colony for the Arts.[10]
We chose Miriam Levine to be the first Poet Laureate of Arlington.