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Josephine Jacobsen (born August 19, 1908, Coburg, Ontario, Canada—died July 9, 2003, Cockeysville, Maryland, U.S.) was a Canadian-born American poet and short-story writer. Soon after her birth, Jacobsen moved with her family from Canada to the United States. She began writing poetry as a child, and her first poem was published when she was 11 years old. Jacobsen was educated by tutors and at the Roland Park Country School in Baltimore, Maryland, from which she...