About Rosalie Moore
Lived 1910 – 2001 (aged 90). Rosalie Moore was an American poet and writer.
Rosalie Moore (October 8, 1910 in Oakland, California – June 18, 2001 in Petaluma, California) was an American poet.
Education She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley magna cum laude with a B.A. in 1932; with an MA in 1934.
Career 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.
From 1965 to 1976, she taught at the College of Marin. Kay Ryan was her student. Her work has been published in Accent, Furioso, The New Yorker, and Saturday Review. Her papers are held at University of Oregon library.
Personal life She married William L. Brown in 1942; they had three daughters.
Awards 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
Works 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.
Anthologies
Children's books 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.
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Who was Rosalie Moore?
American writer (1910–2001)
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Rosalie Moore was born on 8 October 1910 in Oakland.
When did Rosalie Moore die?
Rosalie Moore died on 18 June 2001 in Petaluma.
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Rosalie Moore was a poet and writer.
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