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Gail Mazur (b. 1937) is an American poet born and raised in Massachusetts.[1] She has published seven books (of poetry?).
Career
[edit]She graduated from Smith College in Massachusetts in 1959. As of 2021, she taught creative writing in Boston University's MFA program.[2]
They Can't Take That Away From Me won the National Book Award; the citation said the book was "full of warms, humor, and a dry-eyed toughness".[1] Her profile for her fellowship at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute, where she was The Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Fellow 2008-2009 stated that her work "explores the intersection of politics, high and low culture, and personal life".[3]
From 1995 to 2016, She was the senior Distinguished writer-in-residence at Emerson College.[4]
In 2005, she received the St. Botolph Club Foundation's Distinguished Artist Award.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gail Mazur". Poetry Foundation. 23 July 2024.
- ^ "Gail Mazur '59". www.smith.edu. Smith College. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Gail Mazur". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "Gail Mazur". www.bu.edu. Boston University. Retrieved 23 July 2024.