1. Jane Kenyon's work is often characterized as simple, spare, and emotionally resonant.
10 Facts About Jane Kenyon
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Jane Kenyon was born in 1947 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Ruele and Pauline, she grew up in the Midwest.
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Jane Kenyon was New Hampshire's poet laureate when she died on April 22,1995, from leukemia.
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Four collections of Jane Kenyon's poems were published during her lifetime: From Room to Room, The Boat of Quiet Hours, Let Evening Come and Constance ; apart from the former being published through Alice James Books, all of her writing was released through Graywolf Press.
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Jane Kenyon spent some years translating the poems of Anna Akhmatova from Russian into English, and she championed translation as an important art that every poet should try.
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Jane Kenyon's poems are filled with rural images: light streaming through a hayloft, shorn winter fields.
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Jane Kenyon wrote frequently about wrestling with depression, which plagued her throughout her adult life.
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Jane Kenyon's poem "Having it out with Melancholy" describes this struggle and the brief moments of happiness she felt when taking an MAOI, Nardil.
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Jane Kenyon was a contributor to Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art.
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Jane Kenyon's papers, including manuscripts, personal journals, and notebooks are held at the University of New Hampshire Library Special Collections and Archives.