Sara Teasdale | |
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![]() Teasdale in 1910 | |
Born | Sarah Trevor Teasdale August 8, 1884 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
Died | January 29, 1933 New York City, U.S. | (aged 48)
Occupation | Poet |
Notable works | Flame and Shadow Love Songs |
Spouse | Ernst Filsinger (1914-1929; divorced) |
Sara Trevor Teasdale (later Filsinger; August 8, 1884 – January 29, 1933) was an American lyric poet. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and used the name Filsinger after her 1914 marriage.[1] In 1918, she won a Pulitzer Prize for her 1917 poetry collection Love Songs.