Elizabeth Bishop
Poet, Author
1911 – 1979
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Who was Elizabeth Bishop?
Elizabeth Bishop 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.
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- Born
- Feb 8, 1911
Worcester - Spouses
- Alice Methfessel
(1971 - 1979) - Lota de Macedo Soares
(1952 - 1967)
- Alice Methfessel
- Ethnicity
- White American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Vassar College
English Literature
(1929 - 1934) - Walnut Hill School
- Vassar College
- Lived in
- Worcester
- Boston
( - 1979/06/10)
- Died
- Oct 6, 1979
Boston - Resting place
- Hope Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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