Louise Bogan

Louise Bogan (August 11, 1897 - 1970) was an American poet. She was born in Livermore Falls, Maine, and spent one year at Boston University. In 1916 she married, but her first husband died in 1920. In 1925 she married the poet Raymond Holden, but they were divorced in 1937.

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August 11 - 1897 - 1970 - American - Poet - Livermore Falls, Maine - Boston University - 1916 - 1920 - 1925 - Raymond Holden - 1937

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Bogan had poetry published in the The New Republic, the Nation, ', Scribner's and Atlantic Monthly. She was the poetry reviewer of The New Yorker for 38 years. She was a strong supporter of the poet Theodore Roethke.

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The New Republic - Nation - Scribner's - Atlantic Monthly - Poetry - The New Yorker - Theodore Roethke

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Because Bogan refused to discuss herself (and disdained such confessional poets as Robert Lowell and John Berryman), little is known of her personal life. Most of her work was published before 1938. This includes Body of This Death (1923), Dark Summer (1929) and The Sleeping Fury (1937). A volume of her collected works, The Blue Estuaries: Poems 1923-1968, was published late in her life.

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Robert Lowell - John Berryman - 1938

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She died in New York City.

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