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Madeline DeFrees was born on 18 November, 1919 in Ontario, Oregon, is an American poet. Discover Madeline DeFrees's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 95 years old?

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Age 95 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 18 November, 1919
Birthday 18 November
Birthplace Ontario, Oregon
Date of death 11 November, 2015
Died Place Portland, Oregon
Nationality United States

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1919

Madeline DeFrees (also known as, Sister Mary Gilbert; November 18, 1919 – November 11, 2015) was an American poet, teacher, and Roman Catholic nun.

Born in Ontario, Oregon, Madeline DeFrees lived in Seattle, Washington.

1936

She joined the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary in 1936 and took the name Sister Mary Gilbert.

She received her B.A. in English from Marylhurst College (now Marylhurst University) and an M.A. in Journalism from the University of Oregon.

1950

She taught at Holy Names College from 1950 to 1967, the University of Montana from 1967 to 1979, and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst from 1979 to 1985.

1967

She reclaimed her baptismal name in 1967 when she went to teach at the University of Montana.

1973

While in Missoula, she requested a dispensation from her vows, which she received in 1973.

1985

After her retirement in 1985, DeFrees held residencies at Bucknell University, Eastern Washington University, and Wichita State University.

2001

DeFrees was the author of two chapbooks, two memoirs of convent life, and eight poetry collections, including Blue Dusk (Copper Canyon Press, 2001), which won the 2002 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize and a Washington State Book Award for Poetry.

She received a Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

2006

Her final collection was Spectral Waves, (Copper Canyon Press, 2006).

2007

Spectral Waves won a 2007 Washington State Book Award for Poetry.

2009

She continued to write and teach until she was almost 90, joining the faculty of the Pacific University low-residency MFA program in Forest Grove, Oregon, and lecturing at the low-residency MFA program of the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts (Whidbey Writers Workshop) in January 2009.

2015

DeFrees died in Portland, Oregon on November 11, 2015, at age 95.