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Anne Bradstreet
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Anglo-American poet (1612–1672)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1612
- Died
- 1672?
- Works
- 33
Top works
- Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
- The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
- Words of Ages
- Prentice Hall Literature--The American Experience
- The United States in Literature -- All My Sons Edition
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Key facts
- Born
- Anne Dudley , ( 1612-03-08 ) March 8, 1612
- Died
- September 16, 1672 (1672-09-16) (aged 60), North Andover, Massachusetts
- Occupation
- poet
- Language
- English
- Nationality
- British
- Spouse
- Simon Bradstreet ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1628 )
- Children
- 8: Samuel, Dorothy, Sarah, Simon, Hannah, Mercy, Dudley, John.
- Relatives
- John Woodbridge (brother-in-law)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ann
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Place of birth
- Northampton
- Place of death
- Andover
- Spouse
- Simon Bradstreet
- Father
- Thomas Dudley
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- poetry
- Image
- Frontispiece for An Account of Anne Bradstreet The Puritan Poetess, and Kindred Topics, edited by Colonel Luther Caldwell (Boston, 1898) (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Anne Bradstreet
- date of death
- 1672-01-01
- date of birth
- 1612-03-20
- birth name
- Ann Dudley
- place of burial
- Massachusetts
- writing language
- English language
- Commons Creator page
- Anne Bradstreet
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Encyclopedic overview
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Anne Bradstreet (née Dudley; March 8, 1612 – September 16, 1672) was among the most prominent of early English poets of North America and the first writer in England's North American colonies to be published. She is the first Puritan figure in American literature and notable for her large corpus of poetry, as well as personal writings published posthumously.
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