Linda Pastan

Linda B Olenik was born in the Bronx, New York, on May 27, 1932. Her father was a Jewish immigrant from Eastern Europe who became a surgeon. Her mother was a homemaker. An only child, she was raised in Armonk, New York. At age 12, she submitted her first poems to The New Yorker. She received a bachelor's degree from Radcliffe College in 1954, where she received the Mademoiselle poetry prize. She received a Master of Library and Information Science from Simmons University in 1955, and a master's degree in English and American literature from Brandeis University in 1958. ==Career==

Pastan published 15 books of poetry and a number of essays. Two of her poetry collections were nominated for the National Book Award and one for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Maryland Arts Council. ==Personal life and death==

She married scientist Ira Pastan in 1953. The couple had three children. ==Bibliography==