Denise Levertov, British-born American poet (died 1997)

Denise Levertov

American poet (1923–1997)

Priscilla Denise Levertov was a British-born naturalised American poet. She was heavily influenced by the Black Mountain poets and by the political context of the Vietnam War, which she explored in her poetry book The Freeing of the Dust. She was a recipient of the Lannan…