AKA Emily Elizabeth Dickinson

Born: 10-Dec-1830
Birthplace: Amherst, MA
Died: 15-May-1886
Location of death: Amherst, MA
Cause of death: Kidney failure
Remains: Buried, West Cemetery, Amherst, MA

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Matter of Dispute
Occupation: Poet

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Perplexing American poet

Father: Edward Dickinson (d. 1874)
Mother: Emily Norcross Dickinson (d. 1882)

    National Women's Hall of Fame 1973
    Risk Factors: Depression

Author of books:
Poems (1890, poetry)
Poems: Second Series (1891, poetry)
Letters (1894, letters)
Poems: Third Series (1896, poetry)
The Single Hound: Poems of a Lifetime (1914, poetry)
Selected Poems (1924, poetry)
Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929, poetry)
The Poems of Emily Dickinson: Centenary Edition (1930, poetry)
Poems for Youth (1934, poetry)
Unpublished Poems (1935, poetry)

Appears on postage stamps:
USA, Scott #1436 (8 cents, issued 28-Aug-1971)

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