Audrey Wurdemann Auslander (January 1, 1911 – May 20, 1960) was an American poet. She was the youngest winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry at the age of 24, for her collection Bright Ambush.[1]
Wurdemann was born in Seattle, Washington. She claimed to be the great-great-granddaughter of Percy Bysshe Shelley, but no Shelley lineage can be connected to her family. She never attended grammar school, and entered Lakeside High School at the age of 11.
Her first collection of poetry, 'The House of Silk' was published when she was 16, sponsored by California poet George Sterling. She was a 1931 honors graduate of the University of Washington. After college she traveled through Asia.
She married poet and novelist Joseph Auslander in 1932 and moved to New York City, where he taught at Columbia. They moved to Washington, D.C., when Auslander was appointed the first Poet Laureate Consultant in poetry of the Library of Congress; they lived at 3117 35th Street Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Cathedral Heights neighborhood.[2] She subsequently collaborated with him on the novels My Uncle Jan and The Islanders. They spent their last years living in Coral Gables, Florida.
audrey, wurdemann, auslander, january, 1911, 1960, american, poet, youngest, winner, pulitzer, prize, poetry, collection, bright, ambush, pencil, sketch, born, 1911, january, 1911seattle, washington, diedmay, 1960, 1960, aged, miami, florida, occupationpoetedu. Audrey Wurdemann Auslander January 1 1911 May 20 1960 was an American poet She was the youngest winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry at the age of 24 for her collection Bright Ambush 1 Audrey WurdemannPencil sketch of Audrey WurdemannBorn 1911 01 01 January 1 1911Seattle Washington U S DiedMay 20 1960 1960 05 20 aged 49 Miami Florida U S OccupationPoetEducationUniversity of Washington BA SpouseJoseph Auslander Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 3 References 4 External linksBiography editWurdemann was born in Seattle Washington She claimed to be the great great granddaughter of Percy Bysshe Shelley but no Shelley lineage can be connected to her family She never attended grammar school and entered Lakeside High School at the age of 11 Her first collection of poetry The House of Silk was published when she was 16 sponsored by California poet George Sterling She was a 1931 honors graduate of the University of Washington After college she traveled through Asia She married poet and novelist Joseph Auslander in 1932 and moved to New York City where he taught at Columbia They moved to Washington D C when Auslander was appointed the first Poet Laureate Consultant in poetry of the Library of Congress they lived at 3117 35th Street Northwest Washington D C in the Cathedral Heights neighborhood 2 She subsequently collaborated with him on the novels My Uncle Jan and The Islanders They spent their last years living in Coral Gables Florida Her work appeared in Harper s 3 and Poetry magazine 4 Their papers are held at the University of Miami 5 Works editPoetry The House of Silk 1927 Bright Ambush 1934 winner of the 1935 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry The Seven Sins 1935 Splendour in the Grass 1936 Testament of Love 1938 Fiction My Uncle Jan 1945 with Joseph Auslander The Islanders 1951 with Joseph AuslanderReferences edit University of Miami Archival Collections Archival Collections Archived copy Archived from the original on 2013 10 29 Retrieved 2011 11 06 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Wurdemann Audrey Harper s Magazine Archived from the original on 2008 08 30 May 1931 Poetry Magazine 22 July 2021 University of Miami Archival Collections Archival Collections External links edit nbsp Poetry portal Oxford Companion to American Literature New York Times Obituary subscription required Audrey Wurdemann at Library of Congress with 5 library catalog records Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Audrey Wurdemann amp oldid 1217651466, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
