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Elizabeth Bishop was an American poet who lived from 1911 to 1979 and is considered one of the most important literary figures of the twentieth century. Her precise, imaginative poetry about everyday observations and travel experiences had a lasting influence on American literature and continues to be widely read and studied today.
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1951-11-14
Discography
- Careless1976
- On and On1977
- Bish1978
- Red Cab to Manhattan1980
- Sleeping With Girls1985
- Bowling in Paris1989
- Blue Guitars1994
- Yardwork2002
- A Dance of the Heart: His Best & More2003
- Romance in Rio2007
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Elizabeth Bishop (8 February 1911 – 6 October 1979) was an American poet and writer. She was the Poet Laureate of the United States from 1949 to 1950, and a Pulitzer Prize winner in 1956. Elizabeth Bishop House is an artist's retreat in Great Village, Nova Scotia dedicated to her memory. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Elizabeth+Bishop">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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Quotes
- “The ancient owls' nest must have burned.Hastily, all alone,a glistening armadillo left the scene,rose-flecked, head down, tail down”
- “The big fish tubs are completely linedwith layers of beautiful herring scalesand the wheelbarrows are similarly plasteredwith creamy iridescent coats of mail,with small iridescent flies crawling on them.”
- “Why should I be my aunt,or me, or anyone?What similaritiesboots, hands, the family voiceI felt in my throat, or eventhe National Geographicand those awful hanging breastsheld us all togetheror made us all just one?”
- “The armored cars of dreams contrived to let us doso many a dangerous thing.”
- “Topography displays no favorites; North's as near as West.More delicate than the historians' are the map-makers' colors.”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Elizabeth
- Family name
- Bishop
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Worcester
- Place of death
- Boston
- Occupation
- essayist
- Employer
- University of Washington
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- National Book Award
- Field of work
- essay
- Image
- Elizabeth Bishop, 1934 yearbook portrait.jpg
- Residence
- Key West
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- date of birth
- 1911-02-08
- date of death
- 1979-10-06
- cause of death
- intracranial aneurysm
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- manner of death
- natural causes
- unmarried partner
- Louise Crane
- sexual orientation
- lesbianism
- Commons category
- Elizabeth Bishop
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Elizabeth Bishop
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Encyclopedic overview
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, 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."
Early life
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