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(1921-2019) Poet. Marie Ponsot was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Marie Ponsot

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


Unknown

OTHER

Ms. Ponsot attended Richmond Hill High School in Queens, New York.

Unknown

OTHER

Ms. Ponsot attended St. Joseph's College for Women in Brooklyn, New York.

1921

BIRTH

Marie Birmingham was born in Brooklyn, New York, on April 6, 1921.

1940

RESIDENCE

Ms. Ponsot lived for a time in Manhattan, New York, during the 1940s.

1941

OTHER

Ms. Ponsot received a master's degree in 17th-century literature at Columbia University in 1941.

1950

RESIDENCE

Ms. Ponsot lived for a time in Queens, New York, during the 1950s and 60s. She taught at Queens College.

1956

LITWORK

True Minds
City Lights Pocket Bookshop

Collection of poetry.

1981

LITWORK

Admit Impediment
Knopf
394514505
Collection of poetry.

1982

LITWORK

Beat Not The Poor Desk: Writing: What To Teach, How To Teach It, And Why
Boynton / Cook Publishers
978-0-86709-009-3
Nonfiction written with Rosemary Deen.

1985

LITWORK

The Common Sense: What to Write, How to Write It, and Why
Boynton / Cook
978-0-86709-079-6
Nonfiction written with Rosemary Deen.

1988

LITWORK

The Green Dark
Knopf
394570545
Collection of poetry.

1998

LITWORK

The Bird Catcher
Knopf
375401350
Collection of poetry, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.

2002

LITWORK

Springing
Knopf
375413898
Collection of poetry.

2009

LITWORK

Easy
Knopf
978-0307272188
Collection of poetry.

2016

LITWORK

Collected Poems
Knopf
978-1101947678
Collection of poetry.

2019

DEATH

Marie Ponsot died at New York-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell hospital in Manhattan, New York, on July 5, 2019

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