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Eleanor Wilner is the author of seven previous collections of poetry, most recently Tourist in Hell and The Girl with Bees in Her Hair. In 2019, she received the Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry, the highest award presented by the Poetry Society of America. Her other show more awards include the Juniper Prize, three Pushcart Prizes, and a fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation, and her work appears in many anthologies, including The Best American Poetry. She teaches in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College and fives in Philadelphia. show less

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No More Masks: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Women Poets (1993) — Contributor, some editions — 224 copies, 3 reviews
The Best American Poetry 2016 (2016) — Contributor — 120 copies, 4 reviews
The Best American Poetry 2014 (The Best American Poetry series) (2014) — Contributor — 89 copies, 1 review
The Best American Poetry 1990 (1990) — Contributor — 82 copies
Gods and Mortals: Modern Poems on Classical Myths (2001) — Contributor — 74 copies, 2 reviews
Atomic Ghost: Poets Respond to the Nuclear Age (1995) — Contributor — 33 copies
Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology (2018) — Contributor — 13 copies
Literary Companion Series - Medea (hardcover edition) (2000) — Contributor — 11 copies

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Birthdate
1937
Gender
female
Awards and honors
MacArthur Fellowship (1991)
Nationality
USA
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USA

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