Léonie Adams Writer

Léonie Fuller Adams (9 December 1899 – 27 June 1988) was an American poet. She was appointed the seventh Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1948.

Personal facts

Birth dateDecember 09, 1899
Birth nameLéonie Fuller
Birth place
Brooklyn , United States
Date of deathJune 27, 1988
Place of death
New Milford Connecticut , United States
Education
Barnard College

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External resources

  1. http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.adamstroy
  2. http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15324coll10/id/9367/rec/2
  3. http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15324coll10/id/9368/rec/1
  4. http://www.loc.gov/poetry/laureate.html
  5. http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/679