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Elizabeth Bishop, an only child, was born in . After her father, a successful builder, died when she was eight months old, BishopРІР‚в„ўs mother became mentally ill and was institutionalized in 1916. (Bishop wrote about the time of her mother's struggles in her short story "In The Village.") Effectively orphaned during her very early childhood, she lived with her grandparents on a farm in , a period she also referenced in her writing. This was also where she developed into a first-class fisherwoman. Bishop's mother remained in an asylum until her death in 1934, and the two were never reunited. Later in childhood, Bishop's paternal family gained custody, and she was removed from the care of her grandparents and moved in with her father's wealthier family in Worcester, Massachusetts. However, Bishop was unhappy in Worcester, and her separation from her grandparents made her lonely. While she was living in Worcester, she developed chronic asthma, from which she suffered for the rest of her life. Her time in Worcester is briefly chronicled in her poem "In The Waiting Room." In 1918 her grandparents, realizing that she was unhappy living with them, sent Bishop to live with her mother's oldest sister, Maud Boomer Shepherdson, and her husband George. The Bishops paid Maud to house and educate their granddaughter. The Shepherdsons lived in a in an impoverished neighborhood populated mostly by Irish and Italian immigrants. The family later moved to better circumstances in . It was Bishop's aunt who introduced her to the works of Victorian poets, i

Elizabeth Bishop (February 8, 1911 – October 6, 1979) was an American poet, short-story writer, and recipient of the 1976 . She was the from 1949 to 1950, the winner for Poetry in 1956 and the winner in 1970.

Alice Methfessel (1971–1979)

October 6, 1979(1979-10-06) (aged 68)

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