Muriel Rukeyser

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Muriel Rukeyser was an influential 20th-century American poet, biographer, and political activist known for her socially engaged, formally innovative work and her advocacy for civil rights and feminism.

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Muriel Rukeyser canonical 5
Rukeyser 1

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instanceOf American writer ⓘ
biographer ⓘ
feminist ⓘ
human ⓘ
poet ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
cause anti-fascism ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ
feminism ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia University ⓘ
Vassar College ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans ⓘ
familyName Rukeyser ⓘ
linked to: Muriel Rukeyser
genre biography ⓘ
essay ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
political writing ⓘ
givenName Muriel ⓘ
influenced feminist poetry ⓘ
political poetry in the United States ⓘ
knownFor activism for civil rights and feminism ⓘ
formally innovative verse ⓘ
socially engaged poetry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement feminism ⓘ
modernism ⓘ
socially engaged poetry ⓘ
name Muriel Rukeyser ⓘ
notableWork Breaking Open ⓘ
Elegies ⓘ
Out of Silence: Selected Poems ⓘ
Savage Coast ⓘ
The Book of the Dead ⓘ
The Life of Poetry ⓘ
The Speed of Darkness ⓘ
Theory of Flight ⓘ
U.S. 1 ⓘ
occupation biographer ⓘ
poet ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
politicalAlignment left-wing politics ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
wroteAbout Spanish Civil War ⓘ
labor struggles ⓘ
racial injustice ⓘ
women's rights ⓘ

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Glascock Poetry Prize → notableRecipient → Muriel Rukeyser ⓘ
Yale Younger Poets Series → hasNotableWinner → Muriel Rukeyser ⓘ
subject linked to: The Yale Younger Poets Series
Muriel Rukeyser → name → Muriel Rukeyser ⓘ
Muriel Rukeyser → familyName → Rukeyser ⓘ
linked to: Muriel Rukeyser
Muriel → hasNotableBearer → Muriel Rukeyser ⓘ