Elizabeth Bishop
American poet and short-story writer (1911–1979) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Elizabeth Bishop (February 8, 1911 – October 6, 1979) was an American poet and short-story writer. She was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1949 to 1950, the Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry in 1956,[1] the National Book Award winner in 1970, and the recipient of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1976.[2] Dwight Garner argued in 2018 that she was perhaps "the most purely gifted poet of the 20th century".[3]
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Born | (1911-02-08)February 8, 1911 Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | October 6, 1979(1979-10-06) (aged 68) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Occupation | Poet |
Education | Vassar College (BA) |
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Partner | Lota de Macedo Soares (1952–1967) Alice Methfessel (1971–1979) |
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