Hilda Doolittle, H.D.
by Alexis Baryak
"I think I did get what I was looking for from life and art."
Early Life
- Sept. 10, 1886-Sept. 27, 1961
- Mother-Moravian, Father-Astronomer
- Attended Bryn Mawr, University of Pennsylvania
Personal Life
- M. Richard Aldington Oct. 18, 1913
- Met Bryher Jul. 17, 1918
- Interests in mysticism, Hellenic Studies, Egyptology, Astrology, Spiritualism
- "Pupil" of Sigmund Freud
Professional Life
Loved Greece-"Hermes of the Way", "Orchard", "Epigram"
Imagist
Norman Holmes Pearson
“H.D. by the end of her career became not only the most gifted woman poet of our century, but one of the most original poets—the more I read her the more I think this—in our language.”-Alicia Ostriker, American Poetry Review
H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) reads from "Helen in Egypt"
Work Cited
- "H. D." Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation. Web. 15 Mar. 2016. <http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/h-d>.
- "H.D. (Hilda Doolittle)." Home Page. Web. 15 Mar. 2016. <http://www.imagists.org/hd/>.
- "H.D. (Hilda Doolittle)." Home Page. Web. 15 Mar. 2016. <http://www.imagists.org/hd/>.
- "H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) Reads from "Helen in Egypt"" YouTube. YouTube. Web. 15 Mar. 2016. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIYKyP6LiHg>.