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Born in Belgium, May Sarton (1912‐95) emigrated to the USA in 1916 and became a US citizen in 1924. She taught literature and creative writing in several American colleges, won numerous awards for her poetry, and much critical praise for her work in both prose and poetry.“Her novels and poetry address moral and critical issues in a controlled and crafted manner, using a distinct and localized idiom” reports the Cambridge Guide to Literature in English, Revised ed. Although not well known in the UK ‐ unknown even? ‐ May Sarton now joins such luminaries as Steinbeck, Faulkener, Congreve and...
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