Bright Ambush

New York: John Day Company, (1934).

Price: $600.00

Hardcover. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with sunning at the extremities, and a modest tear on the front panel. Inscribed by the author: "for Laura Mae Carlisle thanking her for her kindness – Audrey Wurdemann. 10 October 1936." Author's first book, winner of the Pultizer Prize for Poetry.

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Item #98063 Bright Ambush. Audrey WURDEMANN.

Audrey Wurdemann
birth name: Audrey Wurdemann
born: 1/1/1911
died: 5/20/1960

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Biography

The youngest winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry - she won for her 1934 collection Bright Ambush when she was just 24 years old. Wurdemann married the poet and novelist Joseph Auslander in 1932, and in addition to her several volumes of poetry she also co-wrote a few novels with him. She died in 1960 when she was only 49.more