Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (1919, held 2 times in year) Special Award
Margaret Widdemer
マーガレット・ウィッデマー
Māgaretto Widdemer
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1884-09-30 （Doylestown, Pennsylvania）
- Died
- 1978-07-14 （Gloversville, Fulton County, NY） age 93
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Doylestown, Pennsylvania (birth) → Asbury Park, New Jersey (childhood) → Gloversville, Fulton County, NY (later years)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, novelist
- Active Years
- 1915-1978
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drexel Institute Library School | — | Library Science | — | — | United States |
Drexel Institute Library School
Library Science
Year of Graduation:
1909
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | Pulitzer Prize | The Old Road to Paradise | Poetry | Columbia University | Winner (shared with Carl Sandburg) |
Pulitzer Prize
1919
Work:
The Old Road to Paradise
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
Winner (shared with Carl Sandburg)
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Factories, With Other Lyrics
1915 Poetry collectionPoetry collection featuring the poem on child labor.
Child laborSocial issues
The Old Road to Paradise
1918 Poetry collectionPulitzer Prize-winning poetry collection.
LoveNature
The Rose-Garden Husband
1915 NovelRomance novel adapted into film.
MarriageLove
Adaptations
- [Film] A Wife on Trial (1917)
Bibliography
- The Factories, With Other Lyrics (1915)
- The Old Road to Paradise (1918)
- Cross Currents (1921)
- Collected Poems (1928)
- Winona of the Camp Fire (1915)
- The Rose-Garden Husband (1915)
Adaptations
- The Rose-Garden Husband adapted as 1917 film A Wife on Trial
- Why Not? adapted as 1918 film The Dream Lady
Legacy
American poet and novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1919 for The Old Road to Paradise. Gained attention with poem on child labor, authored numerous novels and children's books. Friends with Ezra Pound, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and others.
Trivia
- Shared the 1919 Pulitzer Prize with Carl Sandburg.
- Graduated from Drexel Institute Library School in 1909.