Vassar Miller

Poet

Birthday July 19, 1924

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Texas

DEATH DATE Oct 31, 1998 (74)

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About

American poet and author who received a Pulitzer Prize nomination for a poetry collection entitled Wage War on Silence. All ten of her poetic works were collected in a 1991 volume entitled If I Had Wheels or Love.

Before Fame

She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees in English from the University of Houston.

Trivia

She suffered from cerebral palsy.

Family Life

She was the daughter of Jesse Miller, a Houston real estate agent.

Associated With

Her work was highly praised by author Larry McMurtry.