Emma Lazarus

E381995

Emma Lazarus was a 19th-century American poet best known for her sonnet "The New Colossus," which is inscribed on the Statue of Liberty and became an iconic statement about immigration and refuge in the United States.

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Emma Lazarus canonical 5

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instanceOf American Jew ⓘ
human ⓘ
poet ⓘ
writer ⓘ
activeYears 1860s–1880s ⓘ
causeOfDeath Hodgkin lymphoma ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1849-07-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1887-11-19 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish people ⓘ
linked to: Jews
familyName Lazarus ⓘ
fullName Emma Lazarus ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
sonnet ⓘ
givenName Emma ⓘ
hasHeritage Sephardic Jewish ⓘ
hasWorkInscribedOn Statue of Liberty ⓘ
influenced American views on immigration ⓘ
symbolism of the Statue of Liberty ⓘ
influencedBy European antisemitism ⓘ
Jewish history ⓘ
Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ
knownFor advocacy for Jewish refugees ⓘ
early Zionist ideas ⓘ
writing the sonnet The New Colossus ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
livedIn New York City ⓘ
memberOf American Jewish community ⓘ
linked to: Jewish Americans
movement American literature ⓘ
notableIdea linking American liberty with refuge for immigrants ⓘ
notableWork The New Colossus ⓘ
occupation activist ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
translator ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York ⓘ
linked to: New York City

New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York ⓘ
linked to: New York City

New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
subjectOf biographies about Emma Lazarus ⓘ
wrote Admetus and Other Poems ⓘ
Poems and Translations ⓘ
Songs of a Semite ⓘ
The New Colossus ⓘ

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Annie Nathan Meyer → relative → Emma Lazarus ⓘ
Robert Nathan → relative → Emma Lazarus ⓘ
Emma Lazarus → fullName → Emma Lazarus ⓘ