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Mona Van Duyn

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Also known as Mona Jane Van Duyn

American poet

Person · Open Library

Works
17

Top works

  • The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
  • The United States in Literature -- All My Sons Edition
  • The United States in Literature -- The Glass Menagerie Edition
  • Letters from a Father
  • A time of bees (Contemporary poetry series)

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1921-05-08
Active to
2004-12-01

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
447
Total plays
832

Tags

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Mona Van Duyn is a distinguished writer whose honors include a Bollingen Prize, a National Book Award, and a term as the United States's official poet laureate. "She is a poet of great wisdom, skill, and versatility," affirmed a contributor to Virginia Quarterly Review. Elizabeth Frank, meanwhile, described Van Duyn in a Nation appraisal as "a poet who usually tries harder than any of her contemporaries to coax affirmation out of the waste and exhaustion of modern life. <a href="https://www.last

via Last.fm · Mona Van Duyn