What is Marianne Moore?
[[File:Marianne Moore 1948 hires.jpg|thumb|right|Moore in 1948]] '''Marianne Moore''' (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an [[United States|American]] [[modernism|modernist]] [[poetry|poet]], [[translator]], [[critic]] and [[editor]]. Her poetry had formal innovation, [[irony]] and wit. Moore's first professionally published [[poems]] appeared in ''The Egoist'', a periodical, and ''Poetry'', a [[magazine]] in the spring of 1915. Moore's first book, ''Poems'', was published without her permission in 1921 by [[Great Britain|British]] [[novelist]] [[Bryher]]. Moore's second book, ''Observations'', was given the [[Dial Award]] in 1924. During these years, she worked as a [[librarian]] part-time. Then from 1925–1929, she edited ''The Dial'' magazine, a literary [[journal]]. Moore was awarded the Helen Haire Levinson Prize by the ''Poetry'' magazine in 1933. Moore's ''Collected Poems'' won the [[National Book Award]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Marianne Moore|publisher=The National Book Award|url=https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1952|access-date=January 12, 2021}}</ref> the [[Bollingen Prize]] and [[Pulizer Prize]] in 1951. Moore was born in [[Kirkwood, Missouri]]. She had a number of strokes in her last years. She died at age 84 in [[New York City]]. == Related pages == *[[List of poets from North America]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Marianne}} [[Category:1887 births]] [[Category:1972 deaths]] [[Category:American poets]] [[Category:Writers from New York City]] [[Category:Deaths from stroke]]