Louise Bogan

Poet

Birthday August 11, 1897

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Maine

DEATH DATE Feb 4, 1970 (72)

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Numerology: 8

About

American poet, translator, and literary critic whose best-known works include Body of This Death and Dark Summer. She became the fourth United States Poet Laureate in 1945.

Before Fame

She attended Boston University, but left school after a year to marry a United States Army corporal.

Trivia

During the 1930s, she worked as a poetry editor for The New Yorker.

Family Life

Her first marriage to Corporal Curt Alexander lasted only two years. In 1943, she married fellow writer Raymond Holden; however, after twelve years, this marriage also ended in divorce.

Associated With

She was a friend of poet W.H. Auden.

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