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American poet

Louise Bogan (August 11, – February 4, ) was an American poet.^[1] She was appointed the fourth Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress in , 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]

Early life

Bogan was born in Livermore Falls, Maine.^[1] With the help of a female benefactor, Bogan attended Girls' Latin School for five years, where she began writing poetry and reading the first issues of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse.^[3] Her edu