Elizabeth+Bishop

Elizabeth Bishop was born in February 8, 1911 in Worchester, Massachusetts. Elizabeth's father passed a few months after her birth, which drover her mother to become mentally ill and institutionalized. She had to grow up and be raised with her grandparents. When in High School, she helped with the school paper. Elizabeth went into college wanting to become a composer, but then she changed her mind and switched to writing. Her biggest influence was fellow poet, Marianne Moore. Throughout her life she received 19 awards for her poems and short stories. Elizabeth passed on October 6, 1979 in Boston, Massachusetts