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German-American poet and translator (1924-2020)

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Lisel Mueller was a German-born American poet, translator and academic teacher. 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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Awards 4

2002Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
1997Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1981National Book Award
Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

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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. 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.

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United States
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Lived 1924 to 2020 · aged 96
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