The poet May Swenson died at the age of 76. Here is all you want to know, and more!
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American poet known for her use of vivid sexual imagery in works such as The Complete Love Poems of May Swenson. She received numerous literary honors, including the Shelley Poetry Award, the Bollingen Prize, and the National Institute of Arts and Letters Award.
She was the first of ten children born to Margaret and Dan Arthur Swenson.