Nationality:
american
Gender:
Female
Birth Date:
1830
Birth Place:
Amherst, MA
Death Date:
1886
Death Place:
Amherst, MA
Emily Dickinson was an American writer, who lived during the time of the Civil War and Walt Whitman. She was a poet and a recluse, so she was not well-known during her lifetime. In her upstairs room, she created some of the most memorable poetry of her age.