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Ruth Stone

(1915–2011) Poet United States

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Ruth Stone was a poet from the United States, best known for Theory for Ethnomusicology.

Quick Facts About Ruth Stone

Born
June 8, 1915
Died
November 19, 2011
Nationality
United States
Profession
Poet
Notable works
Theory for Ethnomusicology

About Ruth Stone

Ruth Stone was an American poet. She was published widely in periodicals throughout her career and was the author of thirteen collections, as well as a teacher at many schools before finding stable tenure at Binghamton University in 1990, in her 70s. She found wide recognition late in life, in her 80s, winning a National Book Critics Circle Award in 1999 for the collection Ordinary Words, a National Book Award for Poetry and Wallace Stevens Award in 2002 for the collection In the Next Galaxy, becoming Poet Laureate of Vermont in 2007, and becoming a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2009 for the collection What Love Comes To.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

National Book Award Guggenheim Fellowship Wallace Stevens Award Shelley Memorial Award National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry

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