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D.</b></font><p><img src="hd-crop.jpg" height=326 width=230 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="H. D."><b>AKA</b> Hilda Doolittle<p><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/771/000106453/" class=proflink>10-Sep</a>-<a href="/lists/885/000105570/" class=proflink>1886</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> <a href="/geo/424/000069217/" class=proflink>Bethlehem, PA</a><br><b>Died:</b> <a href="/lists/157/000106836/" class=proflink>27-Sep</a>-<a href="/lists/471/000106153/" class=proflink>1961</a><br><b>Location of death:</b> <a href="/geo/818/000069611/" class=proflink>Zürich, Switzerland</a><br><b>Cause of death:</b> <a href="/lists/328/000069121/" class=proflink>Stroke</a><br><b>Remains:</b> Cremated, Nisky Hill Cemetery, Bethlehem, PA<br><p><b>Gender:</b> Female<br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> <a href="/lists/244/000069037/" class=proflink>Bisexual</a><br><b>Occupation:</b> <a href="/lists/198/000068991/" class=proflink>Poet</a><p><b>Nationality:</b> United States<br><b>Executive summary:</b> Imagist poet, <i>Sea Garden</i><p><b>Father:</b> Charles Leander Doolittle (astronomy professor, d. 1919 stroke)<br><b>Mother:</b> Helen Wolle<br><b>Brother:</b> Gilbert (d. 1918 war)<br><b>Engagement:</b> <a href="/people/889/000068685/">Ezra Pound</a> (poet, engaged 1907-08)<br><b>Girlfriend:</b> Frances Josepha Gregg (1910-11)<br><b>Husband:</b> <a href="/people/700/000180160/">Richard Aldington</a> (poet, b. 1892, m. 18-Oct-1913, sep. 1919, div. 1938, d. 1962, one daughter)<br><b>Daughter:</b> (d. 1915 childbirth)<br><b>Slept with:</b> Cecil Gray (one daughter)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Frances Perdita Aldington (b. 31-Mar-1919)<br><b>Girlfriend:</b> <a href="/people/145/000114800/">Bryher</a> (poet, b. 1894, cohabited 1919-46, d. 1983)<br><b>Boyfriend:</b> Kenneth Macpherson (poet, 1926-32)<br><p> High School: Friends Central High School, Philadelphia, PA (1903)<br> University: <a href="/edu/703/000068499/">Bryn Mawr College (dropped out)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/517/000068313/">University of Pennsylvania</a><br><p> <a href="/event/860/000080620/">Nervous Breakdown</a> 1910<br> <a href="/event/860/000080620/">Nervous Breakdown</a> 1919<br> <a href="/event/860/000080620/">Nervous Breakdown</a> 1920<br> <a href="/event/267/000072051/">Abortion</a> 1928<br> <a href="/event/860/000080620/">Nervous Breakdown</a> 1930<br> <a href="/event/860/000080620/">Nervous Breakdown</a> Switzerland (Jun-1933)<br> <a href="/event/860/000080620/">Nervous Breakdown</a> 1946<br> <a href="/event/034/000125656/">Shock Treatment</a> <br> <a href="/event/187/000071971/">Stroke</a> Zurich, Switzerland (6-Jun-1961)<br> <a href="/event/052/000120689/">Paralyzed</a> right side (6-Jun-1961)<br> <a href="/lists/525/000091252/">Moravian Ancestry</a> Maternal<br> <p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>Sea Garden</i> (<tt>1916</tt>, poetry)<br><i>The Tribute And Circe: Two Poems</i> (<tt>1917</tt>, poetry)<br><i>Hymen</i> (<tt>1921</tt>, poetry)<br><i>Heliodora and Other Poems</i> (<tt>1924</tt>, poetry)<br><i>Palimpsest</i> (<tt>1926</tt>, novel)<br><i>HERmione</i> (<tt>1927</tt>, novel, pub. 1981 posthumously)<br><i>Hedylus</i> (<tt>1928</tt>, novel)<br><i>Red Roses for Bronze</i> (<tt>1931</tt>, poetry)<br><i>Nights</i> (<tt>1935</tt>, novel)<br><i>The Hedgehog</i> (<tt>1936</tt>, juvenile)<br><i>The Walls do not Fall</i> (<tt>1944</tt>, poetry, part 1 of <i>Trilogy</i>)<br><i>Tribute to the Angels</i> (<tt>1945</tt>, poetry, part 2 of <i>Trilogy</i>)<br><i>The Flowering of the Rod</i> (<tt>1946</tt>, poetry, part 3 of <i>Trilogy</i>)<br><i>By Avon River</i> (<tt>1949</tt>, poetry)<br><i>Bid Me to Live</i> (<tt>1960</tt>, novel)<br><i>Helen in Egypt</i> (<tt>1961</tt>, poetry)<br><i>Hermetic Definition</i> (<tt>1972</tt>, poetry, pub. posthumously)<br><i>Paint It Today</i> (<tt>1992</tt>, novel, pub. posthumously)<br><i>Asphodel</i> (<tt>1992</tt>, novel, pub. posthumously)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=103346"><img src="/woman.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=103346">H. 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