Amy Clampitt

Amy Clampitt (born June 15, 1920, New Providence, Iowa, U.S.—died Sept. 10, 1994, Lenox, Mass.) was an American poet whose work won critical acclaim for its evocation of the natural world. After graduating from Grinnell College (B.A., 1941), Clampitt worked as a reference librarian and as an editor, publishing her first book of poetry, Multitudes, Multitudes (1973), at her own expense. Her first full-length collection was The Kingfisher (1983). Noted for its use of elaborate...