Mona Van Duyn
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Mona Jane Van Duyn (May 9, 1921 – December 2, 2004) was an American poet.
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Born | (1921-05-09)May 9, 1921 Waterloo, Iowa, US |
Died | December 2, 2004(2004-12-02) (aged 83) University City, Missouri |
Alma mater | Iowa State Teachers College State University of Iowa |
Occupation(s) | Poet Professor |
Employer(s) | University of Louisville Washington University in St. Louis |
Title | United States Poet Laureate |
Term | 1992-1993 |
Awards | National Book Award (1971) Bollingen Prize (1971) Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize (1989) Pulitzer Prize (1991) |
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Van Duyn was born in Waterloo, Iowa. She earned a BA from Iowa State Teachers College and an MA from the University of Iowa.[1]
Her book, To See, To Take won the National Book Award in 1971. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1991 for Near Changes. From 1992 to 1993, she the first woman to serve as United States Poet Laureate.[1]