Fanny Howe was born on October 15, 1940 in New York. Experimental poet and author known for On the Ground, The Lives of a Spirit, and other works. She was the 2005 recipient of the Griffin Poetry Prize and the 2009 recipient of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.
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About
Experimental poet and author known for On the Ground, The Lives of a Spirit, and other works. She was the 2005 recipient of the Griffin Poetry Prize and the 2009 recipient of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.
Before Fame
She was born in Buffalo, New York to an attorney father and an Irish stage Actress mother. She published her debut work, Eggs: poems, in 1970.
Trivia
She taught at several universities, including Yale and Columbia.
Family Life
She was briefly married to Frederick Delafield. She later wed Civil Rights Activist Carl Senna, with whom she had three children. Her daughter, Danzy Senna, became a Novelist.
Associated With
She was inspired by the poetry of T.S. Eliot.
