Poet Mona Van Duyn

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Mona Van Duyn

Living place: Waterloo

Birthday: 9-5-1921 (103 years old)

Population of US 1921: 108,538,000

Global rank: #69124

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Who is Poet Mona Van Duyn?
Former United States Poet Laureate who received the 1971 National Book Award for a collection of poems entitled To See, To Go. For another, near-modified collection, she won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
Her late poetic works include Firefall and If It Be Not I, both published in 1994.
 
 

Young / Before famous

She attended Iowa State Teachers College and Iowa State University.

Family life info

She grew up in Eldorado, Iowa. She married Jarvis Thurston in 1943.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Poet Mona Van Duyn?
She was influenced by the work of author Virginia Woolf.

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When was Poet Mona Van Duyn born?
Mona Van Duyn birthday 9-5-1921 (at the age of 103).
Where is Poet Mona Van Duyn's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Mona Van Duyn was born in Waterloo, Iowa- United States. is a Poet, whose Zodiac is Taurus, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rooster. Mona Van Duyn's global rank is 69124 and whose rank is 502 in list of famous Poet. Population of US in 1921 is about 108,538,000 persons.
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Events in 1921 and 9-5

Events in US in the birth year of Mona Van Duyn

  • Congress passes Budget and Accounting Act, which creates the Bureau of Budget (June 10).
  • U.S. Congress, in a joint resolution, declares WWI ended (July 2).
  • First burial is held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery (Nov. 11).

Birthday Mona Van Duyn (9-5) in history

  • Day 9-5 year 1914: Mother's Day became a public holiday.
  • Day 9-5 year 1926: Explorers Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett flew over the North Pole.
  • Day 9-5 year 1936: Fascist Italy annexed Ethiopia.
  • Day 9-5 year 1962: The Beatles signed their first recording contract and hired George Martin to be their producer.
  • Day 9-5 year 1978: The body of slain former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro was found in an automobile in Rome.
  • Day 9-5 year 1984: It took the Chicago White Sox 25 innings, eight hours, and six minutes, over two days, to finally defeat the Milwaukee Brewers, 7-6. It was the longest game (in elapsed time) in major-league history.
  • Day 9-5 year 1994: The South African parliament chose Nelson Mandela as president.
  • Day 9-5 year 2004: Chechnya's Moscow-backed leader, Akhmad Kadyrov, was killed in a bombing. Six others were killed and another 60 wounded.
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