Muriel Rukeyser

Muriel Rukeyser

poet and political activist (1913–1980)

Muriel Rukeyser was an American poet, essayist, biographer, novelist, screenwriter, and political activist. She wrote across genres and forms, addressing issues related to racial, gender, and class justice, war and war crimes, Jewish culture and diaspora, and American history, politics, and culture. Kenneth Rexroth said that she was the greatest poet of her "exact generation." Anne Sexton famously described her as "beautiful Muriel, mother of everyone"; Adrienne Rich wrote that she was “our twentieth-century Coleridge; our Neruda."

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 6 films (1941) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 6 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1941 A Place to Live Snyder 1000 ft Color & B&W
1941 A Place to live Irving Lerner 16 min Color & B&W
1941 A Place to live Irving Lerner 16 min Color & B&W
1941 A Place to live Irving Lerner 16 min Color & B&W
1941 A Place to live Irving Lerner 16 min Color & B&W
1941 A Place to live Irving Lerner 16 min Color & B&W