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Best known for writing about Lady Liberty, she penned "Venus of the Louvre" about a different statue |
(Emma) Lazarus
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$2,000 |
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POETS |
2026-03-05 |
#9514 |
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Thispoet who wrote "The New Colossus" has been called one of the first successful Jewish-American authors |
Emma Lazarus
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$1,000 |
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POETIC WOMEN |
2024-12-19 |
#9229 |
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This New York woman died in 1887, the year after the subject of her most famous poem was unveiled |
Emma Lazarus
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FJ |
AMERICAN POETS |
2020-03-24 |
#8187 |
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"In Exile" & "In the Jewish Synagogue at Newport" are 2 other poems by this woman who was put on a pedestal in N.Y. |
Emma Lazarus
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$3,000 |
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WOMEN POETS |
2017-01-10 |
#7442 |
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Her poems include "1492", "Venus of the Louvre" & one about "Mother of Exiles" |
Emma Lazarus
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$1,600 |
DJ |
AMERICAN POETS |
2016-03-21 |
#7261 |
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Her most famous poem was written for a December 1883 art & literary auction to benefit the Pedestal Fund |
Emma Lazarus
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FJ |
POETRY |
2012-10-05 |
#6450 |
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On the Statue of Liberty's pedestal, you'll find her poem "The New Colossus" |
(Emma) Lazarus
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$1,600 |
DJ |
POET-POURRI |
2007-03-20 |
#5192 |
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She wrote, "From her beacon-hand glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command the air-bridged harbor" |
Emma Lazarus
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FJ |
POETS |
2006-04-14 |
#4980 |
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Poet who, in 1883, penned the words "I lift my lamp beside the golden door" |
(Emma) Lazarus
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$800 |
DJ |
WOMEN POETS |
1995-12-19 |
#2602 |
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She died in 1887, before her "New Colossus" was placed on the Statue of Liberty |
Emma Lazarus
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$600 |
DJ |
POETS |
1995-05-31 |
#2488 |
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In addition to writing "The New Colossus" she translated works by Victor Hugo & Goethe |
Emma Lazarus
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$1,000 |
DJ |
POETS |
1995-02-10 |
#2410 |
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Reader's Ency. says her best poem is "The Dance to Death", not "The New Colossus" |
Emma Lazarus
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$600 |
DJ |
POETS |
1991-02-13 |
#1493 |
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The last line of her poem "The New Colossus" is "I lift my lamp beside the golden door" |
Emma Lazarus
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$600 |
DJ |
POETRY |
1990-02-16 |
#1265 |