Emma Lazarus Biography

Emma Lazarus biography

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NAME: Emma Lazarus
OCCUPATION: Poet
BIRTH DATE: July 22, 1849
DEATH DATE: November 19, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH: New York, New York

PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York

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Poet Emma Lazarus wrote the lines "Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" which are inscribed on the Statue of Liberty.

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Born July 22, 1849, Emma Lazarus was raised a Sephardic Jew, and displayed an early talent for poetry. She attracted the notice of Ralph Waldo Emerson with her first book, Poems and Translations (1867). Her poem "The New Colossus" was chosen to be displayed at the Statue of Liberty. It features the famous lines "Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free."