What is Maxine Kumin?
{{Infobox writer | name = Maxine Kumin | image = Maxine_Kumin_in_1974.jpg | imagesize = 150px | caption = Kumin in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]] (1974). | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=y|1925|06|06}} | birth_place = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=y|2014|2|06|1925|06|06}} | death_place = [[Warner, New Hampshire|Warner]], [[New Hampshire]], U.S. | occupation = Poet, author | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | spouse = Victor Kumin <small>(married 1946–2014)</small> | children = Three | relatives = | signature = | website = {{url|http://www.maxinekumin.com/}} }} '''Maxine Kumin''' (June 6, 1925 &ndash; February 6, 2014) was an [[Americans|American]] poet and author. She became [[United States Poet Laureate|Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress]] in 1981&ndash;1982. Kumin died on February 6, 2014 in [[Warner, New Hampshire|Warner]], [[New Hampshire]]. She was 88. Her death came after a year of bad health. She had a husband, Victor, and three children.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/maxine-kumin-pulitzer-prize-winning-poet-dies-at-88/2014/02/08/30a6faf0-901d-11e3-b46a-5a3d0d2130da_story.html|title=Maxine Kumin, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, dies at 88|author=Schudel, Matt|date=February 8, 2014|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|accessdate=February 13, 2014}}</ref> == Related pages == *[[List of poets from North America]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} * {{IMDb name|1914660}} {{US-biography-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kumin, Maxine}} [[Category:1925 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:American poets]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in New Hampshire]] [[Category:Harvard University alumni]] [[Category:Jewish American writers]] [[Category:Writers from Philadelphia]] [[Category:Writers from New Hampshire]]