Carolyn Kizer

Carolyn Kizer
BornCarolyn Ashley Kizer
(1925-12-10)December 10, 1925
Spokane, Washington, U.S.
DiedOctober 9, 2014(2014-10-09) (aged 88)
Sonoma, California, U.S.
OccupationPoet
LanguageEnglish, Chinese, Urdu
Education
Period1961–2001
GenrePoetry
Notable awardsPulitzer Prize
SpouseCharles Stimson Bullitt (1946–1954, divorced)
John Marshall Woodbridge
Children3 (including Jill Bullitt)

Carolyn Ashley Kizer (December 10, 1925 – October 9, 2014) was an American poet of the Pacific Northwest whose works reflect her feminism. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1985.

According to an article at the Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest, "Kizer reach[ed] into mythology in poems like Semele Recycled; into politics, into feminism, especially in her series of poems called "Pro Femina"; into science, the natural world, music, and translations and commentaries on Japanese and Chinese literatures".[1]

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