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(1923-1997) Politically active poet. Denise Levertov published her first book of poems in England in 1946. She married and moved to America in 1947, and settled in New York City in 1948. She lived at 52 Barrow Street and 727 Greenwich Street, both in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York. She also lived at 299 West 15th Street. She officially became a US citizen in 1955. She was involved with the Black Mountain poets with Robert Creeley, Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, and she fostered a friendship with William Carlos Williams. In the 1960s she was poetry editor for “The Nation” and the 1970s she was poetry editor for “Mother Jones.” Though raised in Britain, she is widely considered an American poet known for her political and social consciousness.

Full Name

Denise Levertov

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1923

BIRTH

Denise Levertov was born in England in 1923.

1946

LITWORK

The Double Image


Poetry.

1948

RESIDENCE

Levertov settled in New York City in 1948. She lived at 52 Barrow Street and 727 Greenwich Street, both in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York. She also lived at 299 West 15th Street in Manhattan, New York.

1957

LITWORK

Here and Now


Poetry.

1959

LITWORK

With Eyes at the Back of Our Head


Poetry.

1962

LITWORK

The Jacob's Ladder


Poetry.

1967

LITWORK

The Sorrow Dance


Poetry.

1970

LITWORK

Relearning the Alphabet


Poetry.

1972

LITWORK

Footprints: Poems


Poetry.

1975

LITWORK

The Freeing of the Dust


Poetry.

1982

LITWORK

Light Up the Cave
New Directions Publishing Corporation.
978-0811208130

1984

LITWORK

Oblique Players


Poetry.

1989

LITWORK

A Door in the Hive


Poetry.

1997

DEATH

Denise Levertov died in Seattle, Washington in 1997.

1997

INTERMENT

Denise Levertov is buried in the Lakeview Cemetery, Seattle, Washington.

1999

LITWORK

The Great Unknowing: Last Poems


Poetry.

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