Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970

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Louise Bogan was an American poet, critic, and teacher; she was poetry editor of The New Yorker for many years.

From the description of Papers, 1930-1990 (inclusive), 1930-1970 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122615911

Louise Bogan was born on August 11, 1897 in Livermore Falls, Maine. She was raised in Milton, New Hampshire and Ballardvale, Massachusetts and lived most of her adult life in New York City. She was educated at Boston Girls' Latin School beginning in 1912 and attended Boston University for one year (1915-1916). Her interest in poetry began early, and she had work published in the New Republic, the Nation, Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, Scribner's, and Atlantic Monthly. She was widowed after four years of marriage to Curt Alexander - with whom she had one daughter - in 1920, and her second marriage to poet Raymond Holden in 1925 ended with divorce in 1937. In 1923 she published her first book, Body of this death. Her brief lyrics, highly limited in theme, were formal and in sharp contrast to the modernism of such poets as T.S. Eliot, who began to see a rise in popularity at the start of the 1920s. Her next volumes, Dark summer (1929) and The sleeping fury (1937), were born out of the personal tribulations she experienced in her second marriage. She soon met other writers in the city's thriving literary community, William Carlos Williams, Malcolm Cowley, Lola Ridge, John Reed, Marianne Moore, and, most important, Edmund Wilson, who became her early mentor. Wilson, already a man of reputation, urged her to write reviews of literature for periodicals, and this eventually became a steady source of income. In 1931, Bogan became poetry editor and critic for The New Yorker; she held the position until 1970. Bogan also established a friendship with renowned poet and writer May Sarton. She taught occasionally in the 1940s, and in 1951 she was commissioned to write a short history of American poetry, eventually published as Achievement in American Poetry, 1900-1950. Her second collection, Collected Poems, 1923-1953, won a shared Bollingen Prize in 1955. She received a monetary award in 1959 from the Academy of American Poets and another from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1967. Her final collection, The blue estuaries 1923-1968, included only 103 poems and was published in 1968. Her place among the modernist poets was an important one, as she attempted to rejuvenate the tradition of formal poetry, injecting the medium with intellect and emotion to create something truly unique. She died in 1970.

From the description of Louise Bogan collection, 1934-1985. (University of New England). WorldCat record id: 773926297

Bogan was born in Livermore Falls, Maine, in 1897. She attended Boston Girls' Latin School and, for one year, Boston University. She married Kurt Alexander in 1916 and was widowed in 1920. In 1925, she married the poet Raymond Holden, whom she divorced in 1937. For thirty-eight years, she reviewed poetry for The New Yorker. She died in New York City in 1970.

From the description of Bogan papers, 1897-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51775093

American poet, critic, translator, and editor.

From the description of Papers, 1950-1967. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 25855559

From the description of Papers, ca. 1950-1967. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 28419002

Louise Bogan was born in Livermore Falls, Maine, in 1897. She attended Boston Girls' Latin School and, for one year, Boston University. She married Kurt Alexander in 1916 and was widowed in 1920. In 1925, she married her second husband, the poet Raymond Holden, whom she divorced in 1937. Her poems were published in the New Republic, the Nation, Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, Scribner's and Atlantic Monthly . For thirty-eight years, she reviewed poetry for The New Yorker .

Because Bogan was reclusive and disliked talking about herself, details regarding her private life are scarce. She wrote most of her poetry in the earlier half of her life when she published Body of This Death (1923), Dark Summer (1929) and The Sleeping Fury (1937). She published volumes of her collected verse in 1941 and 1954, and finally The Blue Estuaries: Poems 1923-1968, an overview of her life's work in poetry. She died in New York City in 1970.

From the guide to the Bogan Papers, 1930-1970, (Amherst College Archives and Special Collections)

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creatorOf Bogan Papers, 1930-1970 Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
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referencedIn Elizabeth Bishop Papers Vassar College
creatorOf Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. To be sung on the water : op. 42, no. 2 / [words by] Louise Bogan ; [music by] S[amuel] B[arber]. Library of Congress
creatorOf Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970. Papers, 1930-1990 (inclusive), 1930-1970 (bulk). Amherst College
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creatorOf Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970. Papers, 1950-1967. Washington University in St. Louis, .
referencedIn Adler, Ija. Papers, 1932-1967. Washington University in St. Louis, .
referencedIn New Directions Publishing records Houghton Library
referencedIn Edmund Wilson papers, 1829-1986, 1920-1972 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Robert Fitzgerald papers, 1892-1986 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn May Sarton Papers, 1846-1995, 1920-1995 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
creatorOf Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970. Bogan papers, 1897-1970. Amherst College. Library
creatorOf Louise Bogan review draft, 1944 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Smith, William Jay, 1918-. Papers, 1924-1984. Washington University in St. Louis, .
referencedIn Friedman, Philip Allan. Correspondence to Philip Allan Friedman, 1952-1953. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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creatorOf Zabel, Morton Dauwen, 1901-1964. Morton Dauwen Zabel papers 1861-1964, bulk 1930-1960. Newberry Library
referencedIn Humphries Papers, 1896-1992, 1915-1969 Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
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creatorOf Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970. Autograph letter signed Louise Bogan to: Jeanette Marks November 4, [1929?]. Wellesley College
referencedIn Gregory, Horace, 1898-1982. Letters, 1936-1971 and undated. University of Toledo, William S. Carlson Library
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creatorOf Carpenter, Margaret Haley. Papers of Margaret Haley Carpenter [manuscript], 1898-1985, bulk 1953-1985. University of Virginia. Library
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referencedIn New Yorker records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Evelyn Scott Collection TXRC98-A5., 1894-1952 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
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referencedIn Zabel, Morton Dauwen, 1901-1964. Morton Dauwen Zabel papers 1901-1964 (inclusive). University of Chicago Library
referencedIn Witter Bynner papers, 1829-1965. Houghton Library
creatorOf Scott, Evelyn, 1893-1963. Evelyn Scott Collection, 1894-1952. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Yvor Winters and Janet Lewis papers, Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Chimera papers, (1943-1959) Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970. Autograph letter signed Louise to: Jeannette Marks April 9, 1929. Wellesley College
creatorOf Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970. Autograph letter signed Louise B to: Jeannette Marks August 6, 1928. Wellesley College
referencedIn John Metcalfe Papers, 1846-1965 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967. Letters of tribute to Carl Sandburg [manuscript], 1951-1952. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Flanner, Hildegarde, 1899-1987. Hildegarde Flanner papers, 1924-1984. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970. Autograph letter signed Louise Bogan to: Doris December 16, 1959. Wellesley College
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referencedIn Robert A. Wilson collection, 1906-2011 University of Delaware Library - Special Collections
creatorOf Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. To be sung on the water / [words by] Louise Bogan. Library of Congress
referencedIn George P. Garrett Papers, 1929-2008, (bulk 1960-2000) David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
creatorOf Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970. Louise Bogan collection, 1934-1985. University of New England, Jack S. Ketchum Library
creatorOf Anderson, Lee, 1896-1972. Papers, 1933-1976 (inclusive), 1948-1972 (bulk). Washington University in St. Louis, .
referencedIn The Henry E. Turlington Collection of Cyril Kay-Scott and Evelyn Scott Materials TXRC97-A6., 1881-1987, (bulk 1920-1957, 1983-1985) Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Carrier, Constance. Constance Carrier papers, ca. 1929-1991. Smith College, Neilson Library
referencedIn Robert Penn Warren papers, 1906-1989 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Louise Bogan and Margaret Robb Correspondence (MS 176), 1959-1960 University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
creatorOf Metcalfe, John, 1891-. Papers, 1846-1965 (bulk 1945-1962). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Yaddo records, 1870-1980 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
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referencedIn Poetry mss., 1954-2002 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
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creatorOf Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970. Correspondence, 1944-1969. Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library
referencedIn Sward, Robert, 1933-. Papers, 1951-1971. Washington University in St. Louis, .
referencedIn Deceased members files, [ca. 1884-1985] New York State Historical Documents Inventory
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creatorOf Turlington, Henry E., b. 1945,. The Henry E. Turlington Collection of Cyril Kay-Scott and Evelyn Scott Materials, 1881-1987, (bulk 1920-1957, 1983-1985). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
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referencedIn Edmund Wilson collection of papers, 1922-1978 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
creatorOf Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Papers regarding Faulkner's work as Chairman of the Writers Committee of President Eisenhower's People-to People Program [manuscript], 1956-1969. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970. Papers, ca. 1950-1967. Washington University in St. Louis, .
referencedIn Angoff, Charles, 1902-1979. Charles Angoff collection, 1927-1978. Boston University. School of Medicine
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German literature
German literature
Publishers and publishing
Authors, American
American poetry
American poetry
Poets, American
German fiction
Literature
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Poets, American
Poets, American
Critics
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Translators
Women poets, American
Women poets, American
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Birth 1897-08-11

Death 1970-02-04

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