Marianne Moore

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Marianne Moore
Photograph by George Platt Lynes (1935)
Born	(1887-11-15)November 15, 1887 Kirkwood, Missouri, U.S.
Died	February 5, 1972(1972-02-05) (aged 84) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Poet
Education	Bryn Mawr College (BA)
Literary movement	Modernism
Notable awards	National Book Award (1951) Pulitzer Prize (1951) Bollingen Prize (1951) Edward MacDowell Medal (1967) National Medal for Literature (1968)

Marianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor. Her poetry is noted for its formal innovation, precise diction, irony, and wit. In 1968, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature by Nobel Committee member Erik Lindegren.^[1]