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Feminist Poet
This is a list of feminist poets. Historically, literature has been a male-dominated sphere, and any poetry written by a woman could be seen as feminist. Often, feminist poetry refers to that which was composed after the 1960s and the second wave of the feminist movement. This list focuses on poets who take explicitly feminist approaches to their poetry. A–D *Kathy Acker (1947–1997), American experimental novelist, punk poet, playwright and essayist *Maya Angelou (1928–2014), American author and poet *Elvia Ardalani (born 1963), Mexican poet, writer and storyteller *Margaret Atwood (born 1939), Canadian poet, novelist and critic * Maryam Jafari Azarmani (born 1977), Iranian poet, Sonneteer, essayist, literary critic, translator * Addie L. Ballou (1837–1916), American poet and suffragist *Djuna Barnes (1892–1982), American modernist lesbian writer *Aphra Behn (1640–1689), dramatist of the English Restoration and among first English professional female writers *Eliza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Female Poets
This is a list of female poets with a Wikipedia page, listed by the period in which they were born. Before CE 1–500 CE 500–999 CE 11th–14th centuries 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th-century (date of birth unknown) *Cornelia Laws St. John (died February 24, 1902), American poet and biographer 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s In alphabetical order: 1910s In alphabetical order: 1920s In alphabetical order: 1930s In alphabetical order: 1940s In alphabetical order: 1950s In alphabetical order: 1960s In alphabetical order: 1970s In alphabetical order: 1980s In alphabetical order: 1990s In alphabetical order: Current (date of birth unknown) *Elizabeth Acevedo, Dominican-American poet *Sandra Agard, British storyteller, poet and cultural historian *Star Black, American poet, photographer and artist *Hannah Drake, African-American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop (February 8, 1911 – October 6, 1979) was an American poet and short-story writer. She was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1949 to 1950, the Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry in 1956, the National Book Award winner in 1970, and the recipient of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1976. Dwight Garner argued in 2018 that she was perhaps "the most purely gifted poet of the 20th century". She was also a painter, and her poetry is noted for its careful attention to detail; Ernest Hilbert wrote “Bishop’s poetics is one distinguished by tranquil observation, craft-like accuracy, care for the small things of the world, a miniaturist’s discretion and attention." Early life Bishop, an only child, was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, to William Thomas and Gertrude May (Bulmer) Bishop. After her father, a successful builder, died when she was eight months old, Bishop's mother became mentally ill and was institutionalized in 1916. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Dickinson
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Little-known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, into a prominent family with strong ties to its community. After studying at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she briefly attended the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's home in Amherst. Evidence suggests that Dickinson lived much of her life in isolation. Considered an eccentric by locals, she developed a penchant for white clothing and was known for her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, even to leave her bedroom. Dickinson never married, and most of her friendships were based entirely upon correspondence. Although Dickinson was a prolific writer, her only publications during her lifetime were one letter and 10 of her nearly 1,800 poems. The poems published then were usua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoraida Díaz
Zoraida Díaz Chamize (March 1881 – June 14, 1948), better known as Zoraida Díaz de Schtronn, was a Panamanian poet and educator. She is considered the first woman to publish a book of poetry in Panama. Biography Díaz was born in 1881 in Las Tablas in what was then the Department of Panama, although her birth year is sometimes given as 1880. She was the daughter of Francisco Díaz Medina and Carolina Chamize de Díaz. She went to primary school in her home city, but for secondary school she moved to the capital, where she studied to be a teacher at the normal school there. She then returned to Las Tablas to begin working as a teacher, where she also created a night school program for illiterate residents of the city. However, powerful city leaders felt threatened by her literacy program, and she lost her job as a consequence. When she was 17 years old, Díaz wed Eleazar Escobar Restrepo, a Colombian teacher who was the mayor of Las Tablas at the time. But she was widowed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imagist
Imagism was a movement in early-20th-century poetry that favored precision of imagery and clear, sharp language. It is considered to be the first organized literary modernism, modernist literary movement in the English language. Imagism has been termed "a succession of creative moments" rather than a continuous or sustained period of development. The French academic René Taupin remarked that "it is more accurate to consider Imagism not as a doctrine, nor even as a poetic school, but as the association of a few poets who were for a certain time in agreement on a small number of important principles".Taupin, René (1929). ''L'Influence du symbolism francais sur la poesie Americaine (de 1910 a 1920)''. Paris: Champion. Translation (1985) by William Pratt and Anne Rich. New York: AMS. The Imagists rejected the sentiment and discursiveness typical of Romantic poetry, Romantic and Victorian literature#Poetry, Victorian poetry. In contrast to the contemporary Georgian poets, who were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosemary Daniell
Rosemary Daniell (born November 29, 1935) is an American second-wave feminist poet and author. She is known for her poetry collection, "''A Sexual Tour of the Deep South''," that focused on anger and sexuality, as well as her memoirs "''Fatal Flowers: On Sin, Sex, and Suicide in the Deep South''" and "''Sleeping with Soldiers: In Search of the Macho Man''." Early life and education Rosemary Daniell was born Rosemary Hughes in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 29, 1935. Following her family's move to Tucker, Georgia, when she was 16 years old, Daniell dropped out of Tucker High School to marry her first husband, Laurens Ramos. Career Daniell has authored ten books of poetry, creative nonfiction, and fiction; appeared on various national television and radio shows; and lectured at numerous literary venues. https://www.savannahnow.com/story/entertainment/books/2024/07/31/a-celebration-of-savannah-literary-legend-rosemary-daniell/74592156007/ In 1981, Daniell founded a series of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeni Couzyn
Jeni Couzyn (born 1942) is a feminist poet and anthologist of South African extraction who lives and works in Canada and the United Kingdom. Her best known collection is titled '' Life by Drowning: Selected Poems'' (1985), which includes an earlier sequence ''A Time to Be Born'' (1981) that chronicles her pregnancy and the birth of her daughter. Biography Couzyn was born in South Africa and educated at the University of Natal. She emigrated to Britain in 1966 and established herself as a freelance writer. She became a Canadian citizen in 1975 and the following year was appointed writer-in-residence at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. Since then she has divided her time between England, Canada, and South Africa. Work Poetry Couzyn's first collection was titled ''Flying'' (1970). Later collections include ''Christmas in Africa'' (1975), ''A Time to be Born'' (1981), ''Life by Drowning: Selected poems'' (1985), and ''That's It'' (1993).Stringer p. 145 ''A Time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Collier
Mary Collier (1688–1762) was an English poet, perhaps best known for ''The Woman's Labour'', a poem described by one commentator as a "plebeian female georgic that is also a protofeminist polemic." Life Little is known of Collier's early life other than what she wrote in the "remarks on the author's life drawn by herself" which prefaced her ''Poems on Several Occasions'' (1762). She was from Midhurst or Lodsworth,Mary Collier " Orlando: Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present. Accessed 25 August 2022. West Sussex, born to poor parents, and educated at home. She worked as a washer-woman, brewer, and at other various jobs. In the 1720s she moved to in search of employment.< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suffrage
Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). In some languages, and occasionally in English, the right to vote is called active suffrage, as distinct from passive suffrage, which is the right to stand for election. The combination of active and passive suffrage is sometimes called ''full suffrage''. In most democracies, eligible voters can vote in elections for representatives. Voting on issues by referendum ( direct democracy) may also be available. For example, in Switzerland, this is permitted at all levels of government. In the United States, some states allow citizens the opportunity to write, propose, and vote on referendums ( popular initiatives); other states and the federal government do not. Referendums in the United Kingdom are rare. Suffrage continues to be especially restricted on the basis of age, residency and citizenship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Melicent Cobden
Ellen 'Nellie' Millicent Ashburner Sickert (, 18 August 1848 – 4 September 1914), was a British writer, radical campaigner and suffragist. Life Cobden was born Ellen Millicent Ashburner Cobden in 1848 in Manchester, Lancashire. Her parents were Richard Cobden, radical MP and leader of the Anti-Corn Law League, and his Welsh wife Catherine Anne Williams. She had four sisters and a brother. All the children were all encouraged to develop a strong civic consciousness from a young age. Cobden was formally educated at Miss Jeffreson’s School in Brighton. In 1856, when she was just seven years old, her 15-year old brother Richard Cobden died of scarlet fever whilst studying at a German boarding school. After the death of her father in 1865, Cobden was granted an annuity of £250 a year from the ''Cobden Tribute Fund.'' This had been established by family friends as an investment trust for Cobden's widow and her daughters and had raised over £25,000. Her mother died in Apri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucille Clifton
Lucille Clifton (June 27, 1936 – February 13, 2010) was an American poet, writer, and educator from Buffalo, New York. From 1979 to 1985 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland. Clifton was a finalist twice for the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Life and career Lucille Clifton (born Thelma Lucille Sayles, in Depew, New York) grew up in Buffalo, New York, and graduated from Fosdick-Masten Park High School in 1953. She attended Howard University with a scholarship from 1953 to 1955, leaving to study at the State University of New York at Fredonia (near Buffalo).Holladay, Hilary, ''73 Poems for 73 Years'', James Madison University, September 21, 2010, p. 48. In 1958, Lucille Sayles married Fred James Clifton, a professor of philosophy at the University at Buffalo, and a sculptor whose carvings depicted African faces. Lucille and her husband had six children together, and she worked as a claims clerk in the New York State Division of Employment, Buffalo (1958–60), and then as literat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
