Louise Bogan
Louise Bogan was an American poet. She was appointed the fourth Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress in 1945, and was the first woman to hold this title. Throughout her life she wrote poetry, fiction, and criticism, and became the regular poetry reviewer for The New Yorker.
11 August 1897
Born on the same birth date (11 August 1897): Enid Blyton
Born on the same birth day (11 August): Erwin Chargaff • Friedrich Ludwig Jahn • Ian Charleson • Margaret Paleologa • Masayoshi Son • Mike Hugg • Mokhtar Benmoussa • Rabeh Al-Hussaini • Rob Minkoff • Sarah Clelland • Stan Chambers • Stancho Belkovski • Thanom Kittikachorn • Wijda Mazereeuw • Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)
Born in the same month (August 1897): Bill Woodfull • Enid Blyton • Fred Rose (songwriter) • Fredric March • Henry F. Pringle • John W. Galbreath • Karl-Otto Koch • Maurice Fernandes • Max Weber (Swiss politician) • Roberta Dodd Crawford • Tarjei Vesaas • Yun Po-sun