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Fanny Howe (1940-2025) Poet, novelist, short story writer. Fanny Howe was born in Buffalo, New York, and died in Lincoln, Massachusetts. She was a daughter of the biographer Mark DeWolfe Howe.

Full Name

Fanny Quincy Howe

Locations

Erie

Author's Timeline


1940

Birth

Erie County: Fanny Quincy Howe was born in Buffalo, New York, on October 15, 1940.

1970

Literary Work

Eggs
Houghton Mifflin
Collection of poetry.

1979

Literary Work

Holy Smoke
University of Alabama Press
0914590545 / 9780914590545
Novel.

1984

Literary Work

In the Middle of Nowhere
University of Alabama Press
978-0-914590-83-5
Novel.

2003

Literary Work

The Wedding Dress: Meditations on Word and Life
University of California Press
0520238400 / 978-0520238404
Collection of essays.

2004

Literary Work

On the Ground
Graywolf Press
1555974031 / 978-1555974039
Collection of poetry.

2011

Literary Work

Come and See
Graywolf Press
1555975860 / 978-1555975869
Collection of poetry.

2014

Literary Work

Second Childhood
Graywolf Press
1555976824 / 978-1555976828
Collection of poetry.

2016

Literary Work

The Needle's Eye: Passing through Youth
Graywolf Press
1555977561 / 978-1555977566
Collection of essays.

2019

Literary Work

Love and I
Graywolf Press
1644450046 / 978-1644450048
Collection of poetry.

2021

Literary Work

Manimal Woe
Arrowsmith Press
1734641657 / 978-1734641653
Collection of poetry.

2025

Death

Fanny Howe died in a hospice in Lincoln, Massachusetts, on July 8, 2025.

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