Do you know who is Amy Lawrence Lowell? In this interesting article, we will check 12 facts about Amy Lowell. Amy Lowell was an American imagist poet, critic, biographer, and socialite. She was born to a prominent, high-profile family in Brookline, Massachusetts in 1874. Given below are more facts about Amy Lowell.
Facts about Amy Lowell
A recipient of a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926 for her work “What’s O’Clock”.
Her family were into the cotton business and lived in prominence having had the towns in Massachusetts named after them.
His astronomer brother, Percival Lowell, discovered the “canals” of Mars while his other brother Abbott Lawrence Lowell was Harvard University’s president.
Amy Lowell did not attend college but studied by herself by reading books.
Some regarded her as a lesbian during her time, writing erotic poems illustrating affection for a woman said to be the actress Ada Dwyer Russell.
Was later romantically linked to Mercedes de Acosta who was herself a writer.
Another fact about Amy Lowell – known to be an overweight, heavy smoker.
Was said to have accepted a marriage proposal but the man who offered him marriage, later on, backed out to pursue another woman.
She had a chronic hernia, for which she had several operations.
Died at the age of 51 of a cerebral hemorrhage on May 12, 1925.
Famous works include: “Apples of Hesperides”, “Lilacs”, “Patterns”, “Azure and gold” and “Wild Little Bird”.
