Rosalie Moore (October 8, 1910 in Oakland, California – June 18, 2001 in Petaluma, California) was an American poet.
Rosalie Moore | |
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Born | October 8, 1910 Oakland, California, US |
Died | June 18, 2011 Petaluma, California, US |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
Genre | poetry |
Notable works | The Grasshopper's Man and Other Poems |
Life
editShe 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
edit- 1938 University of Chicago's Charles H. Sergel award for poetic drama with her play The Boar
- 1943 Albert Bender Award in literature
- 1949 Yale Series Younger Poet Award for The Grasshopper's Man (originally titled "Journeys Toward Center")
- 1950, 1951 Guggenheim Fellowships [6]
Works
edit- 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
edit- Dana Gioia; Chryss Yost; Jack Hicks, eds. (2004). "Still Without Life; Shipwreck; Ripeness is Rapid". California poetry: from the Gold Rush to the present. Heyday Books. ISBN 978-1-890771-72-0.
- Robert Hass, ed. (2000). American Poetry: E.E. Cummings to May Swenson. Library of America. ISBN 978-1-883011-78-9.
- Robert Hass; Jessica Fisher, eds. (2004). "Height". The Addison Street anthology: Berkeley's poetry walk. Heyday Books. ISBN 978-1-890771-94-2.
- David Kitchen, ed. (1988). "Catalogue". Earshot. Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-435-14032-8.
- Reginald Bretnor, ed. (1953). "Science Fiction and the Main Stream [sic]". Modern Science Fiction: Its Meaning and its Future. 52-11714: Coward-McCann.
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Children's books
edit- 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
edit- The Calydonian Boar Hunt.
References
edit- ^ Edward Brunner (2004). "Rosalie Moore "Activist"". Cold War Poetry. University of Illinois Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-252-07217-8.
- ^ Cynthia Haven (September 4, 2005). "The Bay Area's 'Activists' shook up poetry in the '50s". The San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ "Poetry". Archived from the original on 2010-07-14. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
- ^ "Search : The New Yorker". www.newyorker.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-16.
- ^ "Archives West: Rosalie Moore papers, 1927-1986".
- ^ "Rosalie Moore Brown - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". www.gf.org. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04.
External links
edit- Guide to the Rosalie Moore Papers at the University of Oregon
- Peter L. Sharkey (1986). Learned and leaved: a tribute to Rosalie Moore. Marin Poetry Center. ISBN 978-0-941125-00-0.