About Dilys Laing
Lived 1906 – 1960 (aged 53–54). Dilys Laing was an American poet and writer.
Dilys Bennett Laing (October 1906 – 14 February 1960) was an American poet.
Education Laing was born in Pwllheli, North Wales.
Career She was a writer, poet, and artist. She was admired by such contemporary poets as Robert Lowell. She died in 1960.
She was included in the Norton Anthology of Literature by Women.
Her papers are held at Dartmouth College.
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Who was Dilys Laing?
American writer (1906–1960)
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Dilys Laing was born in 1906.
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Dilys Laing died in 1960.
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Dilys Laing was a poet and writer.
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Dilys Laing was American.
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