Marianne Moore (1887-1972)
Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
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Eminent poet, editor, essayist, and teacher. Her independent spirit and keen eye for detail distinguished her life and work. Moore won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, the Bollingen Prize in Poetry, and the National Book Award. She lived here (1896-1916).
Erected by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
The Story
The poet Marianne Moore spent her formative childhood and school years in Carlisle, living here from 1896 to 1916. Known for her precise eye, wit, and fiercely independent voice, she went on to become one of America's most honored modern poets — an editor and essayist as well — winning the Pulitzer Prize, the Bollingen Prize, and the National Book Award. Her distinctive style helped define 20th-century American verse.
Why it matters
Moore stands among the great modernist poets, a woman who shaped American letters at a time when the literary world was still largely closed to female voices.
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