Delmar Loop in University City in St. Louis County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Mona Van Duyn

Born May 9, 1921

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 7, 2018

1. Mona Van Duyn Marker

Inscription. In 1947 Mona Van Duyn co-founded "Perspective: A Quarterly of Literature" with her husband, Jarvis Thurston. Moving to St. Louis in 1950, they published it for another 30 years. Van Duyn's first book of poetry, "Valentines to the Wide World," was published in 1959. One of the nation's preeminent poets, she won the Bollingen Prize, the National Book Award, The Academy of American Poets Fellowship and the Ruth Lilly Award. Van Duyn, whose poetry finds large truths in small subjects, won the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her seventh book, "Near Changes." In 1992 Mona Van Duyn was named Poet Laureate of the United States.

Erected 1993 by St. Louis Walk of Fame.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Women. In addition, it is included in the Missouri, St. Louis Walk of Fame series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1947.

Location. 38° 39.349′ N, 90° 18.149′ W. Marker is in University City, Missouri, in St. Louis County. It is in Delmar Loop. It is on Delmar Boulevard west of Limit Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6273 Delmar Blvd, Saint Louis MO 63130, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater St. Louis.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker

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: Bill Mauldin (a few steps from this marker); Stanley Elkin (a few steps from this marker); William "Bill" Clay (a few steps from this marker); Al Hirschfeld (a few steps from this marker); Miles Davis (a few steps from this marker); Kate Chopin (a few steps from this marker); John Danforth (a few steps from this marker); Leonard Slatkin (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in University City.

Mona Van Duyn image. Click for full size.

Photograph courtesy of the Washington University in St. Louis

2. Mona Van Duyn

Mona Van Duyn sitting in a chair in front of a bookcase in her home in University City, Missouri.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 13, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 293 times since then and 16 times this year. Last updated on October 15, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. Photos: 1. submitted on October 13, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 2. submitted on October 14, 2018. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.