Back لويس بوجان ARZ لوئیز بوقان AZB Louise Bogan German لوئیز بوگان Persian Louise Bogan FF Louise Bogan French Louise Bogan Italian ლუიზ ბოგანი Georgian Louise Bogan Swedish
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Louise Bogan | |
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| Born | August 11, 1897 Livermore Falls, Maine, United States |
| Died | February 4, 1970 (aged 72) New York City, New York, US |
| Occupation | Poet, critic |
| Alma mater | Boston University |
Louise Bogan (August 11, 1897 – February 4, 1970) was an American poet.[1] She was appointed the fourth Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress in 1945, and was the first woman to hold this title.[2] Throughout her life she wrote poetry, fiction, and criticism, and became the regular poetry reviewer for The New Yorker.[1]
Dictionary of Literary Biography contributor Brett C. Millier described her as "one of the finest lyric poets America has produced." He said, "the fact that she was a woman and that she defended formal, lyric poetry in an age of expansive experimentation made evaluation of her work, until quite recently, somewhat condescending."[1]