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Bookmark or Share- Kenyon, Jane - Encyclopedia.comBorn May 23, 1947, in Ann Arbor, MI; daughter of a jazz musician and a singer; died of leukemia April 23, 1995, in Wilmot, NH; married Donald Hall (a poet), April 17, 1972; children: (stepchildren) Philippa Smith, Andrew Hall. Education: University of Michigan, B.A., 1970, M.A., 1972. Poet.
- Jane Kenyon - WikipediaJane Kenyon (May 23, 1947 – April 22, 1995) was an American poet and translator. Her work is often characterized as simple, spare, and emotionally resonant. Kenyon was the second wife of poet, editor, and critic Donald Hall who made her the subject of many of his poems.
- Otherwise by Jane Kenyon - Poems - Academy of American PoetsJane Kenyon was born on May 23, 1947, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She is the author of four books of poetry, including Constance (Graywolf Press, 1993). The recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, Kenyon died on April 22, 1995.
- Jane Kenyon | The Poetry FoundationKenyon published four volumes of poetry during her life: From Room to Room (1978), The Boat of Quiet Hours (1986), Let Evening Come (1990), and Constance (1993), and, as translator, Twenty Poems of Anna Akmatova (1985). Despite her relatively small output, her poetry was highly lauded by critics throughout her lifetime.
- REVIEW: The Poetry of Jane Kenyon, Who Died Tragically Young ...Jane Kenyon had only begun to write her best poetry when she came down with what seemed to be a severe case of the flu. It turned out to be acute lymphoblastic leukemia. For a year she fought the disease with courage, surviving a stem-cell transplant only to have the cancer return.
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