Elizabeth Bishop Writer

Elizabeth Bishop (February 8, 1911 – October 6, 1979) was an American poet and short-story writer. She was the Poet Laureate of the United States from 1949 to 1950, the Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry in 1956, the National Book Award winner in 1970, and the recipient of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1976.

Personal facts

Birth dateFebruary 08, 1911
Birth place
Worcester Massachusetts , United States
Date of deathOctober 06, 1979
Place of death
Boston , United States

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External resources

  1. http://hcl.harvard.edu/poetryroom/listeningbooth/poets/bishop.cfm
  2. http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/manuscripts/mlc/findingaidshtml/wtu00012.html
  3. http://media.nybooks.com/110308-vendler.mp3
  4. http://nbapoetryblog.squarespace.com/journal/2011/3/14/1970.html
  5. http://oyc.yale.edu/english/modern-poetry/content/sessions/lecture24.html
  6. http://oyc.yale.edu/english/modern-poetry/content/sessions/lecture25.html/lecture25.html
  7. http://www.berfrois.com
  8. http://www.berfrois.com/2011/06/bishop-hemingway-connection-thomas-travisano
  9. http://www.berfrois.com/2011/09/angus-cleghorn-elizabeth-bishops-brazil