Rachel Blau DuPlessis: key obituary facts
Is Rachel Blau DuPlessis dead? Yes. Rachel Blau DuPlessis died on September 2, 2026, at age 84.
Cause of death: Rachel Blau DuPlessis's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Rachel Blau DuPlessis known for?
She was an American writer.
More about Rachel Blau DuPlessis
Born: 1 January 1941.
Place of birth: Brooklyn.
Gender: female.
Occupation: poet, writer.
Nationality: United States.
Education: Columbia University, Barnard College.
Employer: Temple University.
Awards: Pew Fellowship in the Arts.
Occupations: Poet, essayist, critic, professor.
Rachel Blau DuPlessis, an American poet and essayist, died on September 2, 2026, aged 84.
She was known as a feminist critic and scholar with a special interest in modernist and contemporary poetry, and her work was widely anthologized. DuPlessis was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1941, studied at Barnard College and Columbia University, and earned her BA, MA and PhD there.
She taught at Temple University and received a Pew Fellowship in the Arts. She was married to Robert Saint-Cyr DuPlessis and had two children.