Emma Lazarus

Emma Lazarus

July 22, 1849 – November 19, 1887
Countries: USA
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Place of Death: New York City, New York, U.S.
Categories: Poetry

Emma Lazarus was an American poet. She is best known for writing "The New Colossus", a sonnet written in 1883; its final lines were engraved on a bronze plaque in the base of the Statue of Liberty in 1912.

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