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Elizabeth Bishop
AuthorBooks · Second hand1911-1979
Elizabeth Bishop 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, the National Book Award winner in 1970, and the recipient of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1976. Dwight Garner argued in 2018 that she was perhaps "the most purely gifted poet of the 20th century." She was also a painter, and her poetry is noted for its careful attention to detail; Ernest Hilbert wrote “Bishop’s poetics is one distinguished by tranquil observation, craft-like accuracy, care for the small things of the world, a miniaturist’s discretion and attention."
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1911
Death
1979
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Elizabeth Bishop was a prominent American poet and essayist born in Worcester in 1911.
Her masterpiece One Art is one of the most recognized poems of 20th-century literature.
She served as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1949 to 1950.
Throughout her brilliant career, she was honored with the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.
In addition to her poetic work, she excelled as a translator, university professor, and librettist.