About
Ukraine-American poet and editor known for a 1938 Pulitzer Prize-winning collection entitled Cold Morning Sky. Her other poetic works include The Golden Mirror, The Hidden Waterfall, and Collected Poems.
Before Fame
She received a degree in library science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She published her debut poetry collection, Threshold and Heart, in 1934.
Trivia
She was the daughter of immigrants from Kiev. As a teenager, she supported her family by working in a New York factory.
Family Life
She married fellow poet
Associated With
She edited a 1970 volume of poems by Christina Rossetti.
