Louise Bogan
American poet (1897-1970) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 72
Louise Bogan was an American poet. She was appointed the fourth Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1945, a role today known as U.S. Poet Laureate, becoming the first woman to hold this title.
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1970Died4 February 19701967National Endowment for the Arts FellowshipAward1959Fellowship of the Academy of American PoetsAward1954Bollingen PrizeAward1933Guggenheim FellowshipAward1897Born11 August 1897
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Throughout her life she wrote poetry, fiction, and criticism, and became the regular poetry reviewer for The New Yorker.
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United States
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Lived 1897 to 1970 · aged 72
