Ruth Stone

Ruth Stone
Stone in 2009
Born(1915-06-08)June 8, 1915
DiedNovember 19, 2011(2011-11-19) (aged 96)
EducationUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BA)
Occupations
  • Poet
  • teacher
  • author
Known forWhat Love Comes To
Awards2009 Pulitzer Prize finalist, 2007 Vermont State Poet, 2002 National Book Award, Whiting Award and two Guggenheim Fellowships[1][2]

Ruth Stone (June 8, 1915 – November 19, 2011) was an American poet.[3]

  1. ^ Times-Argus article Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States. Ed. Cathy N. Davidson and Linda Wagner-Martin. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Oxford University Press.
  3. ^ Copper Canyon Press Bio