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Hilda Doolittle

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Doolittle, Hilda (H.D.; also John Helforth, pen names)

(1886–1961) poet, writer; born in Bethlehem, Pa. She attended Bryn Mawr (?1900–06), moved to Europe and England (1911), and was based in Switzerland (1924). A friend of Ezra Pound, she was a major imagist poet, and also wrote plays, novels, and children's stories.
The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, by John S. Bowman. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995. Reproduced with permission.
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