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6 days ago · Emily Dickinson (born December 10, 1830, Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.—died May 15, 1886, Amherst) was an American lyric poet who lived in seclusion and commanded a singular brilliance of style and integrity of vision.
1828, May 6. Marriage of Edward Dickinson and Emily Norcross, Emily Dickinson’s parents. 1829, 16 April. Birth of William Austin Dickinson, Emily Dickinson’s brother. 1830, 10 December. Birth of Emily Elizabeth Dickinson. 1833, 28 February. Birth of Lavinia Norcr oss Dickinson, Emily Dickinson’s sister. May 1833.
Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830, in Amherst, Massachusetts. While she was extremely prolific as a poet and regularly enclosed poems in letters to friends, she was not publicly recognized during her lifetime.
Emily Dickinson was an American poet of famously reclusive habits, publishing only a few of her poems during her lifetime. Her work, filled with mystery and depth, continues to baffle and enchant readers today. Poet PDF Guide Poems Cite.
One of the most popular and enigmatic American writers of the nineteenth century, Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) wrote almost 1,800 poems.
Emily Dickinson, (born Dec. 10, 1830, Amherst, Mass., U.S.—died May 15, 1886, Amherst), U.S. poet. Granddaughter of the cofounder of Amherst College and daughter of a respected lawyer and one-term congressman, Dickinson was educated at Amherst (Mass.) Academy and Mount Holyoke Female Seminary.
Emily Dickinson is one of America’s greatest and most original poets of all time. She took definition as her province and challenged the existing definitions of poetry and the poet’s work....
