Louise Bogan

Louise Bogan
Born(1897-08-11)August 11, 1897
Livermore Falls, Maine, United States
DiedFebruary 4, 1970(1970-02-04) (aged 72)
New York City, New York, US
OccupationPoet, critic
Alma materBoston University

Louise Bogan (August 11, 1897 – February 4, 1970) was an American poet.[1] She was appointed the fourth Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress in 1945, and was the first woman to hold this title.[2] Throughout her life she wrote poetry, fiction, and criticism, and became the regular poetry reviewer for The New Yorker.[1]

Dictionary of Literary Biography contributor Brett C. Millier described her as "one of the finest lyric poets America has produced." He said, "the fact that she was a woman and that she defended formal, lyric poetry in an age of expansive experimentation made evaluation of her work, until quite recently, somewhat condescending."[1]

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  2. ^ mphillips (2016-03-23). "From the Archive: Louise Bogan's 1960 Postcard". From the Archive: Louise Bogan's 1960 Postcard. Retrieved 2018-12-01.