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Amy Lowell was born
She was born on Feburary 9, 1874 in Brookline, Massachusetts -
Amy, mother, and sister wrote Dream Drops or stories from Fairy Land by a dreamer.
In 1887 she, with her mother and sister, wrote Dream Drops or Stories From Fairy Land by a Dreamer, printed privately by the Boston firm Cupples and Hurd. -
She met an actress that helped get into her poetry career
In 1902 Amy Lowell met an actress named Eleanora Duse which she helped get into her poetry career -
First poem
Her poem "Fixed Idea" was published in 1910 by the Atlantic Monthly, after which Lowell published individual poems in various journals. -
Met her lover Ada Dwyer Russell
Ada Dwyer Russell was one of the girls that Amy Lowell liked (lesbian) They met eachother in 1912 -
First collection was published
In october of 1912 she came up with her first collection called A Dome of Many Coloured Glass. -
First book of Criticism
Lowell's first book of criticism, Six French Poets in 1915 based on a series of her lectures, was also well received. -
Art and buisness
In the early 1920s Lowell took a hiatus from the art and business of poetry to pen a biography on Keats. -
Chinese influence
Amy was attracted towards and influenced by Chinese and Japanese poetry. -
Death of Amy Lowell
Amy died of a massive cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 51 -
Awarded after death
Accredited with the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for “What’s O’Clock”
