Rosalie Moore (October 8, 1910 in Oakland, California – June 18, 2001 in Petaluma, California) was an American poet.

Rosalie Moore
BornOctober 8, 1910
Oakland, California, US
DiedJune 18, 2011
Petaluma, California, US
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Genrepoetry
Notable worksThe Grasshopper's Man and Other Poems

Life

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She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley magna cum laude with a B.A. in 1932; with an MA in 1934. From 1935 to 1937 she worked for radio station KLX, and then the Census Bureau. In 1937, she attended the poetry-writing classes of Lawrence Hart.

She joined the group of poets known as the Activists.[1][2]

She married William L. Brown in 1942; they had three daughters.

From 1965 to 1976, she taught at the College of Marin. Kay Ryan was her student.[3] Her work has been published in Accent, Furioso, The New Yorker,[4] and Saturday Review. Her papers are held at University of Oregon library.[5]

Awards

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Works

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  • The Grasshopper's Man and Other Poems, Yale University Press, 1949
  • Year of the Children, 1977 a book of poems dealing with the Children's Crusade in Europe in 1212 A.D.
  • Of Singles and Doubles. Woolmer/Brotherson. 1979. ISBN 978-0-913506-07-3.
  • Gutenberg in Strasbourg. Floating Island Publications. 1995. ISBN 978-0-912449-52-4.

Anthologies

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Children's books

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  • The Forest Fireman, Coward-McCann, 1954
  • Whistle Punk
  • The Boy Who Got Mailed, Coward-McCann, 1957
  • Big Rig, Coward-McCann, 1959
  • The Department Store Ghost
  • Tickley and the Fox, Lantern Press, 1962
  • The Hippopotamus That Wanted to Be a Baby Lantern Press.

Play

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  • The Calydonian Boar Hunt.

References

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  1. ^ Edward Brunner (2004). "Rosalie Moore "Activist"". Cold War Poetry. University of Illinois Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-252-07217-8.
  2. ^ Cynthia Haven (September 4, 2005). "The Bay Area's 'Activists' shook up poetry in the '50s". The San Francisco Chronicle.
  3. ^ "Poetry". Archived from the original on 2010-07-14. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
  4. ^ "Search : The New Yorker". www.newyorker.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-16.
  5. ^ "Archives West: Rosalie Moore papers, 1927-1986".
  6. ^ "Rosalie Moore Brown - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". www.gf.org. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04.
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