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Carolyn Kizer

American poet (1925-2014) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 88

Carolyn Ashley Kizer was an American poet of the Pacific Northwest whose works reflect her feminism. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1985.

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2014Died9 October 20141988Robert Frost MedalAwardTheodore Roethke Memorial Poetry PrizeAward1985Pulitzer Prize for PoetryAward1925Born10 December 1925

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Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize1988
Robert Frost Medal1988
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry1985
Pushcart Prize

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United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 2014 · aged 88