Beth Bentley
Beth Singer Bentley (October 7, 1921 – February 11, 2021) was an American poet. She was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and received her BA and MFA in creative writing and English from the University of Michigan, where her fiction won the Hopwood Award while still a graduate student.
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Beth Bentley
- Name
- Beth Singer Bentley
- Born
- October 7, 1921
- Birthplace
- St.
- Died
- February 11, 2021
- Place of death
- Mercer Island, Washington
- Education
- University of Michigan
- Occupation
- Poet
- Spouse
- Nelson Bentley
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- poetry · fiction
- Honours
- Hopwood Award
- Languages
- English
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Beth Singer Bentley (October 7, 1921 – February 11, 2021) was an American poet. She was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and received her BA and MFA in creative writing and English from the University of Michigan, where her fiction won the Hopwood Award while still a graduate student.
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Biography
Biography
She settled in Seattle and was married to poet Nelson Bentley, a professor at the University of Washington, from 1952 until his death in 1990.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Beth Singer Bentley • Born — October 7, 1921 • Birthplace — St. Paul, Minnesota • Died — February 11, 2021 • Place of death — Mercer Island, Washington • Education — University of Michigan • Occupation — Poet • Spouse — Nelson Bentley
Life
Life
Her poems appeared in a number of magazines and journals including Poetry, The New Yorker, and The Paris Review. She published two full-length collections of poems, both with Ohio University Press: Phone Calls From the Dead in 1970 and Country of Resemblances in 1976. She also published several chapbooks and edited a selection of the poetry of Hazel Hall. Her poem Northern Idylls was included in The Best American Poetry 1989. Bentley died in February 2021 at her home on Mercer Island the age of 99.
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1921
Beth Bentley born at Saint Paul.
2021
Beth Bentley died at Mercer Island.
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According to her obituary, Beth's work has been widely published in dozens of journals and anthologies, including The New Yorker, Poetry, The Atlantic, Paris Review, Poetry Northwest, The Nation, Saturday Review, Seattle Review, and Fine Madness. Her collections include: Little Fires (1998); The Purely Visible (1980); Philosophical Investigations (1977); Country of Resemblances (1976); Field of Snow (1973); and Phone Calls from the Dead (1972). Beth also selected and edited The Selected Poems of Hazel Hall (1980).
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