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(1849-1887) Poet. Emma Lazarus was born and lived near Union Square in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Emma Lazarus

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

Unknown

RESIDENCE

Lazarus lived near Union Square in Manhattan, New York.

1849

BIRTH

Emma Lazarus was born near Union Square in Manhattan, New York in 1849.

1871

LITWORK

Admetus and Other Poems


Poetry.

1874

LITWORK

Alide: An Episode in Goethe's Life


Novel.

1876

LITWORK

The Spagnoletto: A Drama in Verse


Poetry.

1882

LITWORK

Songs of a Semite


Poetry.

1883

LITWORK

The New Colossus


This poem is inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty.

1886

LITWORK

Poems and Translations


Poetry collection.

1887

DEATH

Emma Lazarus died in New York, New York in 1887.

1887

INTERMENT

Emma Lazarus is interred in the Beth Olom Cemetery, Queens, New York.

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