Anne Stevenson

AS is an important contemporary poet, an heir to both the US and the British traditions. She experimented with drama and fiction early in her career. She writes fine criticism, and has edited the poems of others.

Milestones

3 January 1933

AS was born in Cambridge, England; her American parents took her back to the USA while she was still a baby.
Contemporary Authors, Autobiography Series. Gale Research.
9: 274-5

1969

AS , back in Britain as a resident of Scotland, nevertheless published her second poetry volume, Reversals (which she calls her first real
Stevenson, Anne. Between the Iceberg and the Ship. University of Michigan Press.
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one), with Wesleyan University Press in the United States.
Stevenson, Anne. Selected Poems, 1956-1986. Oxford University Press.
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Biography

Birth, Family, Nationality

3 January 1933

AS was born in Cambridge, England; her American parents took her back to the USA while she was still a baby.
Contemporary Authors, Autobiography Series. Gale Research.
9: 274-5