Louise Bogan

Louise Bogan (1897-1970) was a US poet, literary critic and winner of the Bollingen Prize in poetry (1954). She was appointed the fourth Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress in 1945, and was the first woman to hold this title.

Wisdom & Quotes

• Once form has been smashed, it has been smashed for good, and once a forbidden subject has been released, it has been released for good.

- Experimentalists of a New Generation, A Poet's Alphabet

• True revolutions in art restore more than they destroy.

- Reading Contemporary Poetry

V K Krishna Menon