Poet Muriel Rukeyser

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Muriel Rukeyser

Living place: New York

Birthday: 15-12-1913

Population of US 1913: 97,225,000

Global rank: #87809

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Who is Poet Muriel Rukeyser?
American poet and activist whose literary works include The Book of the Dead and To Was a Jew in the Twentieth Century. Her debut poetic work, Theory of Flight, was published as part of the prestigious Yale Childhood Series.
Her poetry collection The Book of the Dead is based on investigating her West Virginia Hawk Nest incident. This controversial event involves the deaths of many miners from silicosis.

Young / Before famous

Her work took on a political curve from the time she wrote, at the age of twenty-one, about the famous Scottsboro Case in Alabama.

Family life info

Her family sent her to a private school in New York. She later attended Vassar College and Columbia University.

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She translated selected works by author Octavio Paz.

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When was Poet Muriel Rukeyser born?
Muriel Rukeyser was born in 15-12-1913, death year is , at the age of 111.
Where is Poet Muriel Rukeyser's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Muriel Rukeyser was born in New York, . Là Poet, whose Zodiac is Sagittarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Ox. Muriel Rukeyser's global rank is 87809 and whose rank is 986 in list of famous Poet. Population of US in 1913 is about 97,225,000 persons.
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Events in 1913 and 15-12

Events in US in the birth year of Muriel Rukeyser

  • Garment workers strike in New York and Boston; win pay raises and reduced hours. Background: Labor Unions
  • Sixteenth Amendment (income tax) and 17th (popular election of U.S. senators) adopted. Background: Amendments to the Constitution
  • Bill creating U.S. Federal Reserve System becomes law.
  • Woodrow Wilson becomes 28th U.S. President.
  • Armory Show in New York introduces Americans to European modern art as well as the American Ashcan School.

Birthday Muriel Rukeyser (15-12) in history

  • Day 15-12 year 1791: The Bill of Rights took effect with Virginia's ratification of it.
  • Day 15-12 year 1890: Sioux Indian chief Sitting Bull was killed by Native American police.
  • Day 15-12 year 1916: The French defeated the Germans in the Battle of Verdun.
  • Day 15-12 year 1939: The movie Gone With the Wind premiered in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Day 15-12 year 1944: Band leader Glenn Miller disappeared in a plane crash over the English Channel.
  • Day 15-12 year 1961: Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death by an Israeli court for organizing the deportation of Jews to concentration camps.
  • Day 15-12 year 1964: Canada adopted its national flag, a red maple leaf on a white background.
  • Day 15-12 year 1966: Animated-cartoon pioneer and movie producer Walt Disney died in Los Angeles.
  • Day 15-12 year 1989: A demonstration that turned into a popular uprising in Romania began the downfall of Nicolae Ceausescu.
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