George Oppen
American poet (1908-1984) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 76
George Oppen was an American poet, best known as one of the members of the Objectivist group of poets. He abandoned poetry in the 1930s for political activism and moved to Mexico in 1950 to avoid the attentions of the House Un-American Activities Committee.
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He returned to poetry - and to the United States - in 1958, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1969.
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