AKA Elinor Morton Hoyt

Born: 7-Sep-1885
Birthplace: Somerville, NJ
Died: 16-Dec-1928
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Poet, Novelist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Nets to Catch the Wind

Father: Henry M. Hoyt (US Solicitor General, b. 5-Dec-1856, d. 20-Nov-1910)
Mother: Anne McMichael
Husband: Horace Wylie (eloped 1910, m. 1916, div. 1923)
Husband: William Rose Benét (poet, m. Oct-1923, until her death)

    High School: Holton-Arms School, Bethesda, MD (1904)

Author of books:
Nets to Catch the Wind (1921, poetry)
Black Armour (1923, poetry)
Jennifer Lorn (1923, novel)
The Venetian Glass Nephew (1925, novel)
The Orphan Angel (1926, novel)
Angels and Early Creatures (1929, poetry)
Collected Poems (1932, poetry, posthumous, edited by William Rose Ben�t)
Collected Prose (1933)

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