May Sarton

May Sarton

writer
poet
diarist
🇺🇸United States
🛐Unitarian Universalism

May Sarton was the pen name of Eleanore Marie Sarton, a Belgian and American novelist, poet, and memoirist. Although her best work is strongly personalized with erotic female imagery, she resisted the label of "lesbian writer", preferring to convey the universality of human love.

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Lifespan
1912 – 1995
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Background

Born in
United States
Educated at
Cambridge Rindge and Latin School
Awards
🏆 American Book Awards🏆 Guggenheim Fellowship🏆 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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  • 1912

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  • 1995

    Died

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