Karen Swenson

Poet

Birthday July 29, 1936

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace New York City, NY

Age 87 years old

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About

American poet and journalist known for The Landlady in Bangkok, A Sense of Direction, East-West: Poems, and other works. She was the 1993 recipient of A National Poetry Series Award. 

Before Fame

She studied at New York University and Barnard College. She published her debut poetry collection, An Attic of Ideals, in 1974. 

Trivia

Her poetic work, A Daughter's Latitude, recounts both foreign travel and metaphorical trips to childhood landscapes. 

Family Life

She was born in New York City and raised in Chappaqua, New York. 

Associated With

She and former North Carolina Poet Laureate Fred Chappell were both born in 1936.