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Lisel Mueller
German-American poet and translator (1924-2020) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 96
Lisel Mueller was a German-born American poet, translator and academic teacher. Her family fled the Nazi regime, and she arrived in the U.S. in 1939 at the age of 15. She worked as a literary critic and taught at the University of Chicago, Elmhurst College and Goddard College.
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About this person
She began writing poetry in the 1950s and published her first collection in 1965, after years of self-study. She received awards including the National Book Award in 1981 and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1997, as the only German-born poet awarded that prize.
The same award as Lisel
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Marilyn NelsonBoth received Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
Kay RyanBoth received Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
Richard EberhartBoth received Pulitzer Prize for Poetry