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Kumin, Maxine (sh)




orig. Maxine Winokur

born June 6, 1925, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.

U.S. poet.

She studied at Radcliffe College. Her poetry, written primarily in traditional forms, deals with loss, fragility, family, and the cycles of life and nature. Her New Hampshire farm inspired Up Country (1972, Pulitzer Prize); later collections include the acclaimed The Retrieval System (1978), Our Ground Time Here Will Be Brief (1982), Nurture (1989), and Connecting the Dots (1996). She wrote numerous children's books, some with Anne Sexton, as well as novels and short stories.