Betsy Colquitt

Elizabeth "Betsy" Colquitt (1926 – 7 April 2009) was an American professor of English and a poet known for themes and poetic structures which reflect a modernist sensibility. She was born in Fort Worth, Texas, United States in 1926 and died on 7 April 2009.

Background Colquitt's poems, essays, and reviews have been widely published in major American literary journals for forty years. Colquitt, née Betsy Ruth Feagan, was born in Fort Worth, Texas

Information on and analyses of Colquitt's works are included in Contemporary Authors, Who's Who of American Women, Directory of American Scholars, and World's Who's Who of Women. She also held memberships in the Texas Institute of Letters and in the American Center for Artists.