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Muriel Rukeyser
Poet and political activist (1913-1980) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 66
Muriel Rukeyser was an American poet, essayist, biographer, novelist, screenwriter, and political activist. She wrote across genres and forms, addressing issues related to racial, gender, and class justice, war and war crimes, Jewish culture and diaspora, and American history, politics, and culture.
Muriel Rukeyser is read about 59 times a day, in 15 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 24 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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Kenneth Rexroth said that she was the greatest poet of her "exact generation." Anne Sexton famously described her as "beautiful Muriel, mother of everyone"; Adrienne Rich wrote that she was “our twentieth-century Coleridge; our Neruda."
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The same award as Muriel
Dorothy B. HughesBoth received Yale Series of Younger Poets CompetitionKenneth KochBoth received Shelley Memorial Award
John AshberyBoth received Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition
Robert PinskyBoth received Shelley Memorial Award