Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver (September 10, 1935 – January 17, 2019) was an American poet and novelist. She won the National Book Award in 1992.^[1] In 1984, she won the Pulitzer Prize for her best known poem collection American Primitive. She was born in Maple Heights, Ohio. In 2007 The New York Times described her as "far and away, this country's best-selling poet."^[2]

Oliver studied at Ohio State University and Vassar College in the mid-1950s, but did not receive a degree at both colleges. She was openly a lesbian.^[3]

In 2012, Oliver was diagnosed with lung cancer, but was successfully treated.^[4] She died of lymphoma on January 17, 2019 at her home in Hobe Sound, Florida, aged 83.^[3]

Related pages

• List of poets from North America

References

1. Press, The Associated (January 17, 2019). "Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet Mary Oliver Dies at 83". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 19, 2019. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
2. Garner, Dwight. (February 18, 2007.) "Inside the List". New York Times. Retrieved September 7, 2010.
3. "Beloved Poet Mary Oliver Who Believed Poetry Mustn't Be Fancy Dies at 83". NPR.
4. "Mary Oliver's Cancer Poem". OnBeing.

Other websites

• Mary Oliver at the Academy of American Poets
• Biography and poems of Mary Oliver at the Poetry Foundation.
• Mary Oliver Poems at Occupy Poetry.