Emma Lazarus

E381995

Emma Lazarus was a 19th-century American poet best known for her sonnet "The New Colossus," which is inscribed on the Statue of Liberty and became an iconic statement about immigration and refuge in the United States.

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instanceOf American Jew
human
poet
writer
activeYears 1860s–1880s
causeOfDeath Hodgkin lymphoma
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1849-07-22
dateOfDeath 1887-11-19
ethnicGroup Jews
surface form: Jewish people
familyName Lazarus
fullName Emma Lazarus self-link
genre poetry
sonnet
givenName Emma
hasHeritage Sephardic Jewish
hasWorkInscribedOn Statue of Liberty
influenced American views on immigration
symbolism of the Statue of Liberty
influencedBy European antisemitism
Jewish history
Ralph Waldo Emerson
knownFor advocacy for Jewish refugees
early Zionist ideas
writing the sonnet The New Colossus
languageOfWorkOrName English
livedIn New York City
memberOf Jewish Americans
surface form: American Jewish community
movement American literature
notableIdea linking American liberty with refuge for immigrants
notableWork The New Colossus
occupation activist
essayist
poet
translator
placeOfBirth New York City
surface form: New York

New York City
United States of America
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York

New York City
United States of America
religion Judaism
sexOrGender female
subjectOf biographies about Emma Lazarus
wrote Admetus and Other Poems
Poems and Translations
Songs of a Semite
The New Colossus

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Annie Nathan Meyer relative Emma Lazarus
Robert Nathan relative Emma Lazarus
Emma Lazarus fullName Emma Lazarus self-link