ELIZABETH BISHOP

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• Elizabeth Bishop was born on 8 February 1911 in Worecester, Massachusetts.

FAMILY

• Bishops Father William passed before her first birthday.
• Her mother Gertrude suffered from nervous collapses and was admitted to a mental hospital
• when Elizabeth was just five years old.

CHILDHOOD

• From the ages of three to five she lived with her Mother's parents in Great Village, Nova Scotia.
• Then she was taken in by her Father's family, in Worcester and Boston.

EDUCATION

• She attended Walnut Hill School near Boston during her high school years,
• followed by four years at Vassar.
• Having briefly considered a career in medicine, Bishop chose poetry with the
• guidance of her friend Marianne Moore, a poet.

PERSONAL LIFE

• Robert Lowell was a lifelong friend.
• Suffered from eczema, asthma, St. Vitus's dance, and nervous ailments

FAMOUS WORKS

• Her first book 'North and South' with themes of geography and landscape, human connection with the natural world

DEATH