Cryptic Bless Forum Emily Dickinson

QUICK FACTSNAMEEmily DickinsonOCCUPATIONPoet, WriterBIRTH DATEDecember 10, 1830DEATH DATEMay 15, 1886EDUCATIONAmherst Academy (now Amherst College), Mount Holyoke Female SeminaryPLACE OF BIRTHAmherst, MassachusettsPLACE OF DEATHAmherst, MassachusettsAKAEmily DickinsonFULL NAMEEmily Elizabeth DickinsonBorn on December 10, 1830, in Amherst, Massachusetts, Emily Dickinson left school as a teenager, eventually living a reclusive life on the family homestead. There, she secretly created bundles of poetry and wrote hundreds of letters. Due to a discovery by sister Lavinia, Dickinson's remarkable work was published after her death—on May 15, 1886, in Amherst—and she is now considered one of the towering figures of American literature.