- Born: 1612
- Died: 16 September 1672
- Birthplace: Northamptonshire, England
- Best known as:
America's first poet
4 good links
- Britannica.Com: Anne Bradstreet
The encyclopedia calls her "one of the first poets to write English verse in the American colonies"
- Selected Poetry of Anne Bradstreet
A dozen poems and a brief biography
- Anne Bradstreet Links
A literary links site has a brief bio and some resources
- Index to Anne Bradstreet
Info on Bradstreet and other Puritan poets
Anne Bradstreet Biography
Name at birth: Anne Dudley
Anne Bradstreet emigrated to Massachusetts with her father and her husband in 1630. Her husband later became a governor of the colony, while Anne wrote poetry and raised their eight children. She is considered the first significant poet of Puritan-era America. Bradstreet's volumes include The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America and Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning.
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