Emma Lazarus

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Emma Lazarus (1849–1887) was an American poet born in New York City. She is best known for writing The New Colossus, a sonnet written on 2 November 1883 that was engraved on a bronze tablet and put inside the base of the Statue of Liberty 20 years later in 1903.

Portraits[edit]

  • Emma Lazarus
    Emma Lazarus

Multimedia[edit]

  • TheNew Colossus sonnet
  • "The New Colossus" at the Statue of Liberty
    "The New Colossus" at the Statue of Liberty
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