Sara Teasdale
Sara Trevor Teasdale (born August 8, 1884 in St. Louis , † January 29, 1933 in New York City ) was an American poet . Her poems, which were characterized by emotionality and a romantic streak, dealt with love, nature and death. In 1918 she received the forerunner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
She had health problems throughout her life. Because of her puritanical-Victorian upbringing, she did not marry her great love, the poet Vachel Lindsay , but the businessman Ernst Filsinger, with whom she moved to New York after their wedding in December 1914. In 1929 she got divorced. In 1933 she ended her life by overdosing on sleeping pills, 14 months after Vachel Lindsay had committed suicide.
In 1994 she was accepted into the " St. Louis Walk of Fame ". Her grave is in the " Bellefontaine Cemetery " in St. Louis.
literature
- Nancy Kuhl: Intimate Circles. American Women in the Arts. Catalog book with essays. Yale University Press , New Haven 2007 ISBN 0300134029 (including a chapter on Teasdale; in English)
Web links
- Literature by and about Sara Teasdale in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sara Teasdale short biography at the Academy of American Poets (English)
- Sara Teasdale. In: FemBio. Women's biography research (with references and citations).
- St. Louis Walk of Fame
- Pictures of Sara Teasdale and her grave
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Teasdale, Sara |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Teasdale, Sara Trevor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 29, 1933 |
| Place of death | New York City |