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Ina Donna Coolbrith (born Josephine Donna Smith; March 10, 1841 – February 29, 1928) was an American poet, writer, librarian, and a prominent figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary community.
Ina Donna Coolbrith (Nauvoo, 10 marzo 1841 – Oakland, 29 febbraio 1928) è stata una poetessa, scrittrice e giornalista statunitense nota soprattutto per essere stata la prima poetessa laureata in uno degli Stati Uniti, precisamente la California.
Editor and poet Ina Coolbrith was born Josephine Smith to Mormon parents in Nauvoo, Illinois. Her uncle, Joseph Smith, was the founder of the Mormon Church. Her father died when Coolbrith was an infant, and her mother subsequently left the church and remarried.
Ina Donna Coolbrith was a prominent figure in the literary scene of late 19th and early 20th century California. Her legacy as the first poet laureate of California (1915-1928) cemented her place in the state's cultural history.
1 giu 1999 · Ina Donna Coolbrith (born March 10, 1841, Nauvoo, Ill., U.S.—died Feb. 29, 1928, Berkeley, Calif.) was a popular American poet of moderate talent who nonetheless became a major figure in literary and cultural circles of 19th- and early 20th-century San Francisco.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
18 mar 2021 · Ina Donna Coolbrith, born Josephine Donna Smith on March 10, 1841, in Nauvoo, Illinois, was an important figure in the literary community of 19th- and early 20th-century San Francisco. She served as the first poet laureate of California from 1915 until her death on February 29, 1928, in Berkeley, California.
24 dic 2017 · Ina Coolbrith, California’s first poet laureate, was known variously as “Sappho of the west” and the “Sweet Singer of California.” She was perhaps California’s best-known nineteenth-century poet, but her poems have been largely forgotten.
