Maurya Simon

Quick Facts

Full Name	Maurya Simon
Occupation	Poet
Date Of Birth	Dec 7, 1950(1950-12-07)
Age	74
Birthplace	New York City
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Maurya Simon Biography

Maurya Simon is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on December 7, 1950 in New York City, New York, United States.

As a child, surrounded by the friends of her parents who were artists, writers, dancers, and musicians, Simon was steeped in an enriching culture of the arts. She has said that growing up with a mother who was a painter and sculptor, and a father, who was a composer, musician, and music scholar, deeply influenced her writing by instilling in her an understanding that poetry is both a vocal and imagistic art. Simon’s study of the violin for ten years (1955–1965) reinforced her conviction that the human body and voice contain and rhythmically express the music of language. Her mother’s visual art inspired Simon to become an artist herself, and it also heightened her sense of how a poem’s visual imagery creates a kind of magnetic force field for all aspects of the work.

Born in New York City, Simon is the daughter of the Los Angeles visual artist, Baila Goldenthal, and the ethnomusicologist and composer, Robert Leopold Simon. She spent her early years living in Europe with her family, and later moved to Hermosa Beach in southern California, where she lived from 1959–1968. Simon attended the University of California, Berkeley (1968–1971), where she was a student of Robert Grenier, Angela Davis, and Richard Tillinghast. She later received a B.A. from Pitzer College (1980), where she studied with Bert Meyers. At UC Irvine, Simon studied with Charles Wright and earned an M.F.A. in English Literature and Poetry in 1984.

Maurya Simon Net Worth

Maurya Simon is one of the richest Poet from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Maurya Simon 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Maurya Simon (born December 7, 1950) is an American poet, essayist, and visual artist. She is the author of ten collections of poetry, including two books that have been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award. Her most recent volume of poetry is The Wilderness: New and Selected Poems (Red Hen Press, 2018).

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Francis Ranked on the list of most popular Poet. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Maurya Simon celebrates birthday on December 7 of every year.

Top Facts about Maurya Simon

1. Maurya Simon is an American poet, essayist, and visual artist.
2. She has published 10 poetry collections and numerous essays.
3. Simon’s work explores themes of nature, spirituality, and mythology.
4. She has won multiple awards for her poetry, including the Barnard New Women Poets Prize.
5. Simon has also been a finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry.
6. In addition to writing, she creates mixed media art pieces.
7. Simon is a professor emerita at the University of California Riverside.
8. Her work has been translated into several languages including Spanish and Italian.
9. She was born in Fresno, California in 1948.
10. Simon received her MFA from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop.