Emily Dickinson

Birth Date/Death Date

• Birth Date; December 10 , 1830
• Death Date; May 15 , 1886

Parents

• Mom;Emily Norcross Dickinson
• Dad;Edward Dickinson

Siblings

• Brother;William Austin Dickinson
• Sister;Lavinia Norcross Dickinson

Spouse and Children

• Emily Dickinson was never married.
• For that reason she also did not have children.

Schooling

• Amherst Academy
• &
• Mount Holyoke College.

Non-Literary Life

• She did not have any other career that didn't refer to poetry.
• She did do chores around the house.

Literary Beginnings

• She started writing as a teenager.
• She was influenced by Leonard Homphrey.

Genres

• Poetry

Topics and Themes

• She talked about her society
• Also what she experienced

Inspirations/Colleagues

• Mr.Leonard Humphrey
• The school Amherst Academy
• Ralph waldo emerso
• William Blak
• Elizabeth Barrett Brownin

Awards/Organization

• Emily Dickinson didn't win any literary awards during her lifetime.

Geography Of Life

• She was inspired to write as a teen by Leonard Humphrey.
• Became a famous writer
• She wrote about her life and what she experienced.
• She won no literary awards for her lifetime.
• She passed at 55 on May 15,1886 (cause she passed before her birthday)

History Connection

• only half a dozen of Dickinson's poems where published while she lived
• after she passed her sister Lavinia Dickinson found nearly over 1800 poem some were published 4 years after she passed

Miscellaneous

• She was unknown during her lifetime but is now known around the world because of her form of writing.