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CJ Stevens

Poet

Birthday December 8, 1927

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Maine

DEATH DATE Dec 9, 2021 (94)

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About

American poet, author, and translator whose best-known literary works include The Uncertain Cartographer, The Cornish Nightmare, and The Supernatural Side of Maine. He published his debut poetic work, Climbs of Uncertainty, in 1961.

Before Fame

He published his first poem in a Maine newspaper when he was only thirteen years old.

Trivia

His poetry and other writings form a special collection at the U.S. Library of Congress.

Family Life

He married S.R. Taschlicky Stevens, a Dutchwoman, in 1954.

Associated With

He is a literary contemporary of fellow American poet Maya Angelou.