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77 years old
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Taurus
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Marilyn Nelson
Marilyn Nelson is an American poet, translator, and children's book author. She is a professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut, and the former poet laureate of Connecticut, She is a winner of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature, and the Frost Medal. From 1978 to 1994 she published under the name Marilyn Nelson Waniek. She is the author or translator of over twenty books and five chapbooks of poetry for adults and children. While most of her work deals with historical subjects, in 2014 she published a memoir, named one of NPR's Best Books of 2014, entitled How I Discovered Poetry.
BornApril 26, 1946, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
OccupationProfessor
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California-Davis, University of Pennsylvania, University of Minnesota
GenrePoetry

About Marilyn Nelson

Poet Marilyn Nelson was born on April 26, 1946 in Ohio, United States (She's 77 years old now).

The Homeplace, Mama's Promises, A Wreath for Emmett Till, and other works by American poet, children's author, and translator. In the early 2000s, she served as Connecticut Poet Laureate.

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Marilyn Nelson before becoming famous

Marilyn Nelson was born in the Zodiac sign Taurus (The Bull), and 1946 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Dog (狗).

She went to the University of California-Davis, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Minnesota to further her education.

Achievement of Marilyn Nelson

Soul Mountain Retreat, a Connecticut writers' community, was created by her.

Marilyn Nelson's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

She grew up on numerous military bases as the daughter of a teacher and a United States Air Force serviceman.

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She was awarded the Frost Medal by the Poetry Society of America, which is named after the famed poet Poet Robert Frost.

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