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"Hope"
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Lisel Mueller
(b. 1924)
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Lisel Mueller came to
the United States from Germany in 1939. She studied at the University of Indiana
and has taught at Goddard College in Vermont. Volumes of her poems include Dependencies (1965; reissued 1998) and
Alive Together: New and Selected
Poems (1996), which won the Pulitzer Prize and in which "Hope" first
appeared. Her honors include the Carl Sandburg Award and a National Endowment
for the Arts fellowship.
Web Destinations
Interview:
Read an interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Lisel Mueller.
Press Release:
Read a press release announcing Lisel Mueller as the winner of the 2002 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Her poem "Immortality" is included, as is a biography.
Audio:
Hear "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" read.
Article:
Read "Pulitzer for Poetry Ends Obscurity."
Poem Hunter:
Visit this site to read many of Mueller’s poems.
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