George Oppen was a Pulitzer Prize-winning Objectivist poet born in 1908. He is best known for his works Seascape: Needle's Eye and The Materials, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his poetry collection Of Being Numerous in 1968. His net worth is estimated to be $2.5 million.
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💰 Net worth: $2.5 Million (2024)
About
Pulitzer Prize-winning Objectivist poet whose best- known works include Seascape: Needle's Eye and The Materials. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Of Being Numerous, a poetry collection published in 1968.
Before Fame
He attended Warren Military Academy in San Francisco, but he was expelled from school before he could graduate.
Trivia
He joined the Communist Party in the 1930s. Later, he received the Purple Heart for his military service in World War II.
Family Life
He wed Mary Colby, whom he had met at Oregon State Agricultural College.
Associated With
He briefly owned a publishing company that published works by William Carlos Williams and Ezra Pound.
