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Josephine Jacobsen
American-Canadian poet · United States · On the map · Writers · Lived 1908 to 2003 · aged 94
Josephine Jacobsen was a Canadian-born American poet, short story writer, essayist, and critic. She was appointed the twenty-first Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1971.
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2003Died9 July 20032000Maryland Women's Hall of FameAward1997Robert Frost MedalAward1993Shelley Memorial AwardAward1908Born19 August 1908
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Awards
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In 1997, she received the Poetry Society of America's highest award, the Robert Frost Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Poetry.
Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 2003 · aged 94
