Léonie Adams
American poet (1899-1988) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 88
Léonie Fuller Adams was an American poet. She was appointed the seventh Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1948.
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1988Died27 June 19881974Fellowship of the Academy of American PoetsAward1955Shelley Memorial AwardAward1954Bollingen PrizeAward1928Guggenheim FellowshipAward1899Born9 December 1899
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United States
Category
Writers
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Status
Deceased
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Lived 1899 to 1988 · aged 88
