What is Elizabeth Bishop?
[[File:Elizabeth Bishop, 1934 yearbook portrait.jpg|thumb|232x232px|Bishop in 1934 while she was a student at Vassar College]] '''Elizabeth Bishop''' (February 8, 1911 – October 6, 1979) was an American poet. She was the Poet Laureate of the United States from 1949 to 1950. Bishop was born in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]]. In 1946 her first book of poetry was published. Bishop was a [[lesbian]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/bishop/about.htm|title=About Elizabeth Bishop|website=www.english.illinois.edu|access-date=2014-03-12|archive-date=2017-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630033518/http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/bishop/about.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> == Related pages == *[[List of poets from North America]] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bishop, Elizabeth}} [[Category:1911 births]] [[Category:1979 deaths]] [[Category:American poets]] [[Category:Lesbians]] [[Category:Writers from Massachusetts]]