Muriel Rukeyser

January 10, 2024
Poet

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Muriel Rukeyser
Full Name Muriel Rukeyser
Occupation Poet
Date Of Birth Dec 15, 1913(1913-12-15)
Age 111
Date Of Death 1980-02-12
Birthplace New York
Country United States
Horoscope Sagittarius

Muriel Rukeyser Biography

Name Muriel Rukeyser
Birthday Dec 15
Birth Year 1913
Place Of Birth New York
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Sagittarius

Muriel Rukeyser is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on December 15, 1913 in New York, United States. American poet and activist. Her literary works include The Book of the Dead, and To Be a Jew In the Twentieth Century. Theory of Flight was her first poetic work and was published in the Yale Younger Poets Series.

She translated select works by author She translated selected works by author Octavio Paz..

Her family sent her to New York’s private school. She attended Vassar College later and Columbia University.

Muriel Rukeyser Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Poet
House Living in own house.

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

From the time she began writing, at twenty-one about the Alabama Scottsboro Case, her work assumed a political orientation.

Her investigation into the West Virginia Hawk’s Nest Incident was the basis of her poetry collection The Book of the Dead. This tragic event saw the deaths of many miners suffering from silicosis.

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Muriel Ranked on the list of most popular Poet. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Muriel Rukeyser celebrates birthday on December 15 of every year.

Top Facts about Muriel Rukeyser

  1. Muriel Rukeyser was an American poet, writer, and political activist.
  2. She was born on December 15, 1913, in New York City.
  3. Rukeyser’s most famous work is “The Book of the Dead.”
  4. She won numerous awards for her poetry and activism.
  5. Rukeyser was a member of the Communist Party USA.
  6. Her writing often focused on social justice issues.
  7. She traveled extensively throughout her life to gather material for her writing.
  8. Rukeyser died on February 12, 1980, in New York City.
  9. Her legacy continues to inspire poets and activists today.
  10. In addition to poetry, she also wrote plays and essays.

When was the book of the Dead written Muriel Rukeyser?

A quick sketch: Muriel Rukeyser, born in 1913 in New York City, wrote The Book of the Dead in 1938 about miners in West Virginia who sued their employer, Rinehart and Dennis Company, a contractor for Union Carbide, for the deadly conditions they worked in while drilling a tunnel under Gauley Mountain.

Where was Muriel Rukeyser born?

New York, NY

How do you pronounce Muriel Rukeyser?

  1. Phonetic spelling of Muriel rukeyser. muriel rukeyser. MYUR-ee-ell ROO-ky-zur. Mur-iel rukey-ser.
  2. Meanings for Muriel rukeyser.
  3. Translations of Muriel rukeyser. Arabic : موريل rukeyser.

When was poem I lived in the first century of world wars written?

Muriel Rukeyser wrote this in 1968.

What is the Book of the Dead by Muriel Rukeyser about?

The Book of the Dead by Muriel Rukeyser was published as part of her 1938 volume U.S. 1. The poem, which is probably the most ambitious and least understood work of Depression-era American verse, commemorates the worst industrial accident in U.S. history, the Gauley Tunnel tragedy.

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