Mona Van Duyn was born in Waterloo, Iowa. She was educated at the University of Northern Iowa, where she received a B.A. in 1942, and at the University of Iowa, where she obtained her M.A. in 1943. Sh...
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Mona Van Duyn (born 1921) was the first woman to be appointed poet laureate of the United States, serving from October 1992 to May 1993.On the occasion of Mona Van Duyn's appointment as poet laureate,...
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