Jean Garrigue letter to Bill Read (MSS-0111)

Biographical/Historical Note

Born Gertrude Louise Garrigus on December 8, 1914, in Evansville, Illinois, Jean Garrigue was an American poet and writing teacher. She published five collections of poetry during her lifetime, in addition to winning the Guggenheim Fellowship and was nominated for a National Book Award. Garrigue died December 27, 1972, in Boston, Massachusetts.