Joy Davidman
Helen Joy Davidman was an American poet and writer. Often referred to as a child prodigy, she earned a master's degree from Columbia University in English literature at age twenty in 1935. For her book of poems, Letter to a Comrade, she won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition in 1938 and the Russell Loines Award for Poetry in 1939.
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- Born in
- New York City
- Educated at
- Columbia UniversityHunter College
- Awards
- 🏆 Russell Loines Award for Poetry🏆 Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition
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1915
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