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(1934-2020) Poet. Jean Valentine was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Jean Valentine

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Ms. Valentine taught at Barnard College, Hunter College, Columbia University, and the 92d Street Y.

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OTHER

Ms. Valentine taught at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York.

1934

BIRTH

Jean Purcell Valentine was born in Chicago, Illinois, on April 27, 1934.

1957

RESIDENCE

Ms. Valentine moved to New York in about 1957.

1965

LITWORK

Dream Barker and Other Poems
New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press

Poetry.

1989

LITWORK

Home Deep Blue: New and Selected Poems
Alice James Books
0914086812 / 978-0914086819
Poetry.

1992

LITWORK

The River at Wolf
Alice James Books
0914086952 / 978-0914086956
Poetry.

1995

LITWORK

The Under Voice: Selected Poems
Salmon Publishing
1897648448 / 978-1897648445
Poetry.

1997

LITWORK

Growing Darkness, Growing Light
Carnegie Mellon University Press
0887482422 / 978-0887482427
Poetry.

2000

LITWORK

The Cradle of the Real Life
Wesleyan University Press
0819564052 / 978-0819564054
Poetry.

2004

LITWORK

Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965-2003
Wesleyan University Press
0819567124 / 978-0819567123
Poetry, received the 2004 National Book Award in poetry..

2007

LITWORK

Little Boat
Wesleyan University Press
0819568503 / 978-0819568502
Poetry.

2010

LITWORK

Break the Glass
Copper Canyon Press
155659321X / 978-1556593215
Poetry, finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize.

2015

LITWORK

Shirt In Heaven
Copper Canyon Press
155659478X / 978-1556594786
Poetry.

2020

DEATH

Jean Valentine died at a hospital in Manhattan, New York, on December 29, 2020.

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