Description:
American lyric poet who has been called "the New England mystic" and who experimented with poetic rhythms and rhymes. Almost all her poetry was published posthumously. Her 1,775 poems and her letters, which survive in almost as great a number, reveal a passionate, witty woman and a scrupulous craftsman who made an art not only of her poetry but also of her correspondence and her life.
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
Born Dec. 10, 1830, Amherst, Mass., U.S.
Died May 15, 1886, Amherst.