Lisel Mueller

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Lisel Mueller (b. February 8, 1924) is a prize-winning American poet.

She was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1924 and immigrated to America at the age of 15. her father, Fritz Neumann, was a professor at Evansville College. Her mother died in 1953.[1] "Though my family landed in the Midwest, we lived in urban or suburban environments," she once wrote. She and her husband, Paul Mueller (d. 2001) built a home in Lake Forest, Illinois in the 1960s, where they raised two daughters and lived for many years. Lisel currently resides in a retirement community in Chicago. Lisel's poems are extremely accessible, yet intricate and layered. While at times whimsical and possessing a sly humor, there is an underlying sadness in much of her work. [2] [3]

She graduated from the University of Evansville in 1944 and has taught at the University of Chicago, Elmhurst College in Illinois, and Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont.[1]

Mueller has written book reviews for the Chicago Daily News.[1]

Contents

[edit] Books

[edit] Poetry

  • Alive Together: New & Selected Poems (1996), which won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry
  • Learning to Play by Ear (1990)
  • Waving from Shore (1989)
  • Second Language (1986)
  • The Need to Hold Still (1980), National Book Award
  • Voices from the Forest (1977)
  • The Private Life (1975) Lamont Poetry Selection
  • Dependencies (1965)

[edit] Translation

. She has published several volumes of translation:

[edit] Awards

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c [1]National Names DataBase (NNDB) Web site, Web page titled "Lisel Mueller", accessed October 29, 2006
  2. ^ [2]Western Illinois University Web site, Web page titled "Lisel Mueller", accessed October 29, 2006
  3. ^ [3]]Academy of American Poets Web site, Web page titled "Curriculum Vitae by Lisel Mueller 1992", accessed October 29, 2006

[edit] External links

[edit] Poems online

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