Wurdemann, Audrey Mary (1911–1960)
Wurdemann, Audrey Mary (1911–1960)
American poet. Name variations: Mrs. Joseph Auslander. Born 1911 in Seattle, Washington; died 1960; graduate of University of Washington; m. Joseph Auslander (1896–1965, novelist and lyric poet).
Youngest winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, published 1st collection, The House of Silk (1926), while still in her teens; published prize-winning collection Bright Ambush (1934) at 24; also wrote The Seven Sins (1935), Splendor in the Grass (1936) and The Testament of Love (1938); collaborated with husband on 2 books, including The Islanders (1951).
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