May Sarton

Here's a great start page from the Academy of American Poets. It includes a photo, a biography, a bibliography, and some links to relevant external sites.

Lenora P. Blouin wrote this comprehensive biography of Sarton and the Digital Library at the University of Pennsylvania posted it. It includes a photo and some links and is well worth checking out if you plan to write about this author.

Here's a poem by Sarton called "1937 New Year Greeting" posted by Poetry Magazine. How can you relate it to Sarton's view of "living a solitary life"?

Neila C. Seshachari conducted this interview with Sarton in 1991 and titled it "I See Myself as a Builder of Bridges." Read it and explain the title.

This is a Sarton bibliography that lists dozens of novels and collections of poetry, some info about her memoirs and children's books, some multimedia links, and much more.

Did you know that Sarton was the subject of several documentaries? This page has information about not two of them: World of Light: A Portrait of May Sarton and May Sarton: A Live Reading.

Sarton was born in Wondelgem, Belgium. See VirtualTourist.com's Wondelgem travel guide to learn more.

Interested in putting this author's work into a cultural context? Here are some feminism and women's literature links.

Read this essay from LiteraryTraveler.com called "Permanence and May Sarton." It was written by Deborah Straw, who knew Sarton the last seven years of the author's life. Does anything about their relationship surprise you? Explain.