Emily Dickinson

American poet (1830-1886)

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Lived 1830–1886, aged 56United States

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1830–1886
Aged 56

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Updated 2026-06-01

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. Largely unpublished and unknown during her lifetime, her work is now widely regarded as canonical.

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Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. Largely unpublished and unknown during her lifetime, her work is now widely regarded as canonical. The Poetry Foundation describes her as having "created in her writing a distinctively elliptical language for expressing what was possible but not yet realized."

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