May Sarton

May Sarton (1912 – 1995) was born in Belgium but fled to Boston during World War I with her family. Sarton’s numerous poetry collections include Coming into Eighty (W. W. Norton, 1994), Collected Poems: 1930–1993 (W. W. Norton, 1993), and Halfway to Silence (W. W. Norton, 1980). She also wrote several novels, including The Education of Harriet Hatfield (W. W. Norton, 1989), The Magnificent Spinster (W. W. Norton, 1985), and Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing (W. W. Norton, 1965). She received a fellowship from the NEA in 1967.