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Elizabeth Bishop was born in 1911 in Worcester, Massachusetts and grew up there and in Nova Scotia. Her father died before she was a year old and her mother suffered seriously from mental illness; she was committed to an institution when Bishop was five.
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 ...
Elizabeth Bishop (1911-79) was not a prolific poet, but her body of work is a substantial one and marks her out as one of the great poets of the twentieth century. However, the newcomer may find it difficult to find a good starting-point.
May 17, 2024 · Elizabeth Bishop (born February 8, 1911, Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.—died October 6, 1979, Boston, Massachusetts) was an American poet known for her polished, witty, descriptive verse. Her short stories and her poetry first were published in The New Yorker and other magazines.
Elizabeth Bishop - The technical brilliance and formal variety of Elizabeth Bishop's work—rife with precise and true-to-life images—helped establish her as a major force in contemporary literature.
Elizabeth Bishop [1911-1979] was American born but raised in Canada. Started writing at Vassar on the student paper and founding her own magazine 'Con Spirito'. Bishop won most of the major poetry prizes including a Pulitzer and was a good linguist translating from the Brazilian.
The life and career of a master of description. By The Editors. Illustration by Sophie Herxheimer. The geography of Elizabeth Bishop’s work and life is a series of diverse landscapes and shifting scenery.
Oct 19, 2017 · Elizabeth Bishop, 'the loneliest person who ever lived'. By Harriet Staff. Today at The Nation, David Yaffe takes a look into the life of Elizabeth Bishop, and her lifelong feelings of profound loneliness, in his review of Megan Marshall's new biography Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast.
Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) at the time of her death was respected as a “writer’s writer” on account of her technical mastery and exemplary patience and dedication to her craft. Since then her reputation has risen steadily until she has become one of the major figures of 20th century American poetry.
Elizabeth Bishop. Biographical Introduction. A poet of observation, not of personal relationships, Bishop writes of the “Sandpiper,” a bird seen running on the beach while it intently watches grains of sand. Bishop paints minutia of nature visible on land and sea.
