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Denise Levertov (October 24, 1923 - December 20, 1997) was a British born American poet. Natural around Ilford, Essex, England, her mother was Welsh, and her father was an Anglican parson who got immigrated from either Germany, and got been raised the Hasidic Jew.
She was educated home, experienced an early childhood enthusiasm for writing, & at a age of Twelve sent a few of her poetry to T. S. Eliot who replied with a two page letter of encouragement.
She served as a civilian nurse around London during the bombings of World War II.
Her number one book of poetry, A Double Image, was published inside 1946.
She married an Western writer, Mitchell Goodman, in 1947, and moved to the United States inside 1948, living primarily inside Future York City, & within Maine in a period of the summertime. Within 1955, she became a naturalized citizen of the United States.
She published her number one U.s. book On text & Okay, around 1956, and by using a publication of By owning Eyes at a Back of my Heads in 1959 she began to gain wide plaudits. She went within to publish numbers of prize-winning volumes of poetry, turn into included in anti-war movements, & for eleven years, from either 1982 to 1993 taught at Stanford University.
She died in December 27, 1997 at the age of 74, from either complications of lymphoma.
Poetry
Prose
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