Leonora Speyer

Poet
BIRTHDAY
November 7,1872
Birthplace
Washington, DC
Age
Feb 10,1956,age 83
Birth Sign
Scorpio
BIRTHDAY
November 7,1872 (age Feb 10,1956,age 83)
Birthplace
Washington, DC

About

Violinist and poet whose literary works include April on the Battlefields and A Note from the Pipes.

Before Fame

She studied violin in Brussels, Paris, and Leipzig.

Trivia

She won the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Fiddler's Farewell.

Family Life

She had three daughters with her second husband, Edgar Speyer.

Associated With

She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1927, a year after Amy Lowell received the same honor.