11 Facts About Anne Stevenson

Anne Katharine Stevenson was an American-British poet and writer and recipient of a Lannan Literary Award.

Stevenson was the first daughter of Louise Destler Stevenson and philosopher Charles Stevenson and was born in Cambridge, England, where Charles was studying philosophy.

Anne Stevenson was raised in New England and was educated in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where her father was a professor of philosophy.

Anne Stevenson's father was a devoted pianist and lover of poetry and her mother wrote fiction and was a talented storyteller.

Anne Stevenson learnt piano and cello and she assumed until she was 19 that she would be a professional musician.

Anne Stevenson studied music and languages, at the University of Michigan, where she began to lose her hearing; she prepared to be a writer instead.

Anne Stevenson married a childhood friend but her romantic ideals dissolved and the marriage was not a success.

Anne Stevenson was writer in residence at the University of Dundee and co-founded Other Poetry with Evangeline Patterson.

Anne Stevenson was the author of over a dozen volumes of poetry and books of essays and literary criticism, including two critical studies of the poet Elizabeth Bishop.

Anne Stevenson used a hearing aid; several of her poems refer to her experience of deafness.

Anne Stevenson died from heart failure on September 14,2020, at the age of 87.