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Marianne Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American modernist poet, translator, critic and editor. Her poetry had formal innovation, irony and wit.
Moore's first professionally published poems appeared in The Egoist, a periodical, and Poetry, a magazine in spring 1915.
Moore's first book, Poems, was published without her permission in 1921 by British novelist Bryher.
Moore's second book, Observations, was given the Dial Award in 1924. During these years, she worked as a librarian part-time. Then from 1925–1929 she edited The Dial magazine, a literary journal.
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