Ann Stanford

Ann Stanford (November 25, 1916 – July 12, 1987) was an American poet.

Early life and education

Ann Stanford was born in La Habra, California, and attended Stanford University, where she graduated in 1938 Phi Beta Kappa, and the University of California, Los Angeles, with an M.A. in journalism in 1958, an M.A. in English in 1961, and a Ph.D. in English and American literature in 1962.

Personal life Stanford married Roland Arthur White, an architect, in 1942, and they had three daughters and one son. Her oldest daughter was Academy Award nominated costume designer Rosanna Norton.

She was a founding member of the Associated Writing Programs. Since 1988, a poetry prize has been awarded in her name.

Awards Two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships in Poetry Pushcart Prize National Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Literature DiCastagnola Award for Poetry 1968/1969 Shelley Memorial Award

Works Twelve Poets of the Pacific (edited by Yvor Winters; New Directions, 1937) In Narrow Bound (Alan Swallow, 1943) The White Bird (Alan Swallow, 1949) The Weathercock (The Viking Press, 1966) The Descent (The Viking Press, 1970) Climbing Up to Light (The Magpie Press, 1973) In Mediterranean Air (The Viking Press, 1977) Dreaming the Garden (Cahuenga Press, 2000) Holding Our Own: The Selected Poems of Ann Stanford (edited by Maxine Scates and David Trinidad; Copper Canyon Press, 2001)

Verse plays Magellan: A Poem to Be Read by Several Voices (Talisman Press, 1958) The Countess of Forlì (Orirana Press, 1985)

Translation The Bhagavad Gita: A New Verse Translation (Herder and Herder, 1970)

Editor The Women Poets in English (McGraw-Hill, 1972) Critical Essays on Anne Bradstreet (with Pattie Cowell; G.K. Hall, 1983)

Criticism Anne Bradstreet, the Worldly Puritan: An Introduction to Her Poetry (Burt Franklin, 1974)