Dilys Laing
Dilys Bennett Laing (b. 1906 North Wales - 1960) was an American poet.
She was educated in England, and Canada. She married Alexander Laing, a Dartmouth College graduate, and later professor, in 1936 and became an American citizen. They had one son.
She was a writer, poet, and artist. She was admired by such contemporary poets as Robert Lowell. She died in 1960.
She was included in the Norton Anthology of Literature by Women.
Her papers are held at Dartmouth College.
Famous quotes by dilys laing:
“To be a woman and a writer
is double mischief, for
the world will slight her
who slights ‘the servile house,’ and who would rather
make odes than beds.”
—Dilys Laing (1906–1960)