Elizabeth Bishop
American poet who won the Pulitzer Prize for her first collection and became one of the most admired poets of the century. Her meticulous descriptions of travel and loss in North and South and Geography III are matchlessly precise.
Works
- North and SouthEarly poetry collection exploring displacement, geography, and the search for home and belonging
- A Cold SpringPoetry collection continuing exploration of landscape, change, and temporal progression through nature
- Questions of TravelPoetry collection inspired by travel, exploring cultural difference and the tourist's perspective
- The Complete PoemsComprehensive collection of Bishop's poems demonstrating technical mastery and observational precision
- Geography IIILater poetry collection exploring aging, memory, and philosophical meditation on time and loss