Anne Gray (Harvey) Sexton (1928 - 1974)

Born 9 Nov 1928 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Died 4 Oct 1974 at age 45 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Anne (Harvey) Sexton is Notable.

Anne Sexton was an American poet known for her highly personal, confessional verse. She won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1967 for her book Live or Die. She was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the first female member of the Harvard chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Her poetry details her long battle with depression, suicidal tendencies, and intimate details from her private life, including relationships with her husband and children. Her papers are collected and housed at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Sexton
• "Anne Sexton Dies: Pulitzer Poet, 45," New York Times (October 6, 1974): 65.
• https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/anne-sexton
• https://poets.org/poet/anne-sexton
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anne-Sexton
• https://www.fembio.org/english/biography.php/woman/biography/anne-sexton/
• https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/sexton-anne-introduction