Denise Levertov
Denise Levertov was born in 1923 in Essex, England. Her mother was Welsh and her father a Russian Hasidic Jew who converted to Christianity. She grew up in a cultured and creative household in which she was encouraged to read and write from an early age. When she was 12, she sent some of her poems to T.S. Eliot. He wrote her a letter encouraging her to continue writing. She published her first book, The Double Image, in 1946. The book focused partly on Levertov's experiences during World War...
