About
American poet known for her use of vivid sexual imagery in works such as The Complete Love Poems of May Swenson. She received numerous literary honors, including the Shelley Poetry Award, the Bollingen Prize, and the National Institute of Arts and Letters Award.
Before Fame
She grew up in a Mormon household and attended Utah State University.
Trivia
She published poems in The New Yorker and The Paris Review.
Family Life
She was the first of ten children born to Margaret and Dan Arthur Swenson.
Associated With
Her poem "Question" was featured in Stephenie Meyer's novel The Host.
