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General Information:
Full Name: Jean Valentine
Biography:
(1934-2020) Poet. Jean Valentine was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Author's Timeline:
1934 (Unknown) County
Jean Purcell Valentine was born in Chicago, Illinois, on April 27, 1934. 
1965 (Unknown) County
Dream Barker and Other Poems
(Pub: New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press ISBN: )
Poetry. 
1957 (Unknown) County
Ms. Valentine moved to New York in about 1957. 
2020 New York County
Jean Valentine died at a hospital in Manhattan, New York, on December 29, 2020. 
2004 (Unknown) County
Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965-2003
(Pub: Wesleyan University Press ISBN: 0819567124 / 978-0819567123 )
Poetry, received the 2004 National Book Award in poetry.. 
2010 (Unknown) County
Break the Glass
(Pub: Copper Canyon Press ISBN: 155659321X / 978-1556593215 )
Poetry, finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize. 
2015 (Unknown) County
Shirt In Heaven
(Pub: Copper Canyon Press ISBN: 155659478X / 978-1556594786 )
Poetry. 
2007 (Unknown) County
Little Boat
(Pub: Wesleyan University Press ISBN: 0819568503 / 978-0819568502 )
Poetry. 
2000 (Unknown) County
The Cradle of the Real Life
(Pub: Wesleyan University Press ISBN: 0819564052 / 978-0819564054 )
Poetry. 
1997 (Unknown) County
Growing Darkness, Growing Light
(Pub: Carnegie Mellon University Press ISBN: 0887482422 / 978-0887482427 )
Poetry. 
1995 (Unknown) County
The Under Voice: Selected Poems
(Pub: Salmon Publishing ISBN: 1897648448 / 978-1897648445 )
Poetry. 
1992 (Unknown) County
The River at Wolf
(Pub: Alice James Books ISBN: 0914086952 / 978-0914086956 )
Poetry. 
1989 (Unknown) County
Home Deep Blue: New and Selected Poems
(Pub: Alice James Books ISBN: 0914086812 / 978-0914086819 )
Poetry. 
? New York County
Ms. Valentine taught at Barnard College, Hunter College, Columbia University, and the 92d Street Y. 
? Westchester County
Ms. Valentine taught at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York. 
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