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Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979) was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and raised primarily in Nova Scotia following her father's death and her mother's institutionalization. Her poetry is recognized for its precise observation, restrained emotional register, and geographical range. She is the author of four poetry collections, including North & South (Houghton Mifflin, 1946), which won the Houghton Mifflin Poetry Award, and Questions of Travel (1965). She received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1956 for Poems: North & South — A Cold Spring. She served as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1949 to 1950 and received both a National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.