What is Anne Stevenson?
[[File:Anne Stevenson.jpg|right|200px]] '''Anne Stevenson''' (January 3, 1933 – September 14, 2020) was an American-British poet and writer. She received the [[Lannan Literary Award]] in 2007. Stevenson was born in [[Cambridge]], [[England]], but went to America at six months old. There she spent her childhood and youth. She hoped to be a musician, but she gradually lost her hearing, so switched to being a writer. Once she got her university degree, she decided to return to England where she settled for the rest of her life.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.poeticmind.co.uk/2_Questions/Interview_Anne_Stevenson.shtm |title=Interview for Poetic Mind, 2008 |access-date=2008-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208024431/http://www.poeticmind.co.uk/2_Questions/Interview_Anne_Stevenson.shtm |archive-date=2009-02-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the 1960s she lived and wrote in Cambridge, Glasgow, Dundee and Oxford. She was writer in residence at the [[University of Dundee]] and co-founded ''Other Poetry'' (magazine). She wrote the controversial biography of the American poet [[Sylvia Plath]]. Stevenson died on September 14, 2020 at the age of 87.<ref>[https://poetrysociety.org.uk/news/anne-stevenson-1933-2020-a-tribute/ Anne Stevenson, 1933–2020]</ref> == Related pages == *[[List of poets from North America]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stevenson, Anne}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:British poets]] [[Category:American poets]] [[Category:People from Cambridge]] {{US-bio-stub}}