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Celia Thaxter (née Laighton; June 29, 1835 – August 25, 1894) was an American writer of poetry and stories. For most of her life, she lived with her father on the Isles of Shoals at his Appledore Hotel. How she grew up to become a writer is detailed in her early autobiography (published by St. Nicholas), and her book entitled Among the Isles of Shoals. Thaxter became one of America's favorite authors in the late 19th century. Among her best-known poems are "The Burgomaster Gull", "Landlocked", "Milking", "The Great White Owl", "The Kingfisher", and "The Sandpiper". Many of her romantic poems are addressed to women; as such, she has been identified by some scholars as a lesbian poet.

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  • Celia Thaxter (née Laighton; June 29, 1835 – August 25, 1894) was an American writer of poetry and stories. For most of her life, she lived with her father on the Isles of Shoals at his Appledore Hotel. How she grew up to become a writer is detailed in her early autobiography (published by St. Nicholas), and her book entitled Among the Isles of Shoals. Thaxter became one of America's favorite authors in the late 19th century. Among her best-known poems are "The Burgomaster Gull", "Landlocked", "Milking", "The Great White Owl", "The Kingfisher", and "The Sandpiper". Many of her romantic poems are addressed to women; as such, she has been identified by some scholars as a lesbian poet. (en)
  • Celia Thaxter, geborene Laighton (* 29. Juni 1835 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; † 25. August 1894 in , Isles of Shoals, Maine) war eine US-amerikanische Dichterin. Die meiste Zeit ihres Lebens lebte sie mit ihrem Vater auf den Isles of Shoals in dessen Appledore Hotel. Wie sie zur Schriftstellerin heranwuchs, beschreibt sie in ihrer frühen Autobiografie und in ihrem Buch Among the Isles of Shoals. Thaxter wurde im späten 19. Jahrhundert zu einer bekannten Autorin in Amerika. (de)
  • Celia Laighton Thaxter (29 juin 1835 – 25 août 1894) est une poétesse et auteure américaine. Elle est avec Alice Brown, Sarah Orne Jewett et Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Rose Terry Cooke une auteure majeure de la littérature appartenant au mouvement américain dit de la « Local Colour ». Pendant une grande partie de sa vie, elle habite avec son père sur les Îles de Shoals dans l'hôtel Appledore. Son enfance et son désir de devenir écrivaine sont détaillés dans son autobiographie (publié par St. Nicholas) et dans son livre intitulé Among the Isles of Shoals. Parmi ses poèmes les plus connus se trouvent « The Burgomaster Gull », « Landlocked », « Milking », « The Great White Owl », « The Kingfisher », et « The Sandpiper ». (fr)
  • Celia Thaxter è stata una poetessa e scrittrice statunitense. Celia Thaxter, 1889 Nata e cresciuta nelle Isole Shoals, prima nella Isola White dove suo padre era il custode del faro, e poi sull'isola di . All'età di sedici anni si sposò con Levi Thaxter e si spostò sulla terraferma. Tuttavia la sua vita matrimoniale con Thaxter non fu molto pacifica provocando nella scrittrice una grande nostalgia delle sue isole dalle quali era ormai assente da ben 10 anni, fin quando prese la decisione di far ritorno nelle . Il suo primo poema fu Landlocked risale però al suo periodo vissuto sulla terraferma. Dopo essere divenuta hostess nell'hotel tenuto da suo fratello, Celia lo trasformò in luogo di ritrovo di artisti e scrittori della Nuova Inghilterra, tra i quali Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, , Sarah Orne Jewett, e l'artista Childe Hassam che le fece diversi ritratti.La Thaxter era presente sull'isola all'epoca dei terribili fatti di Smuttynose Island e sui quali scrisse un saggio dal titolo A Memorable Murder. Le sue opere poetiche apparvero dapprima sul The Atlantic Monthly e le diedero molta fama facendola diventare una degli autori americani più amati del XIX secolo. Morì improvvisamente il 25 agosto 1894 all'età di 59 anni e venne seppellita sull'isola di Appledore, non lontano dal suo cottage. (it)
  • Celia Laighton Thaxter (ur. 29 czerwca 1835 w Portsmouth, New Hampshire, zm. 25 sierpnia 1894 na ) – amerykańska pisarka i poetka. (pl)
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  • Celia Thaxter (née Laighton; June 29, 1835 – August 25, 1894) was an American writer of poetry and stories. For most of her life, she lived with her father on the Isles of Shoals at his Appledore Hotel. How she grew up to become a writer is detailed in her early autobiography (published by St. Nicholas), and her book entitled Among the Isles of Shoals. Thaxter became one of America's favorite authors in the late 19th century. Among her best-known poems are "The Burgomaster Gull", "Landlocked", "Milking", "The Great White Owl", "The Kingfisher", and "The Sandpiper". Many of her romantic poems are addressed to women; as such, she has been identified by some scholars as a lesbian poet. (en)
  • Celia Thaxter, geborene Laighton (* 29. Juni 1835 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; † 25. August 1894 in , Isles of Shoals, Maine) war eine US-amerikanische Dichterin. Die meiste Zeit ihres Lebens lebte sie mit ihrem Vater auf den Isles of Shoals in dessen Appledore Hotel. Wie sie zur Schriftstellerin heranwuchs, beschreibt sie in ihrer frühen Autobiografie und in ihrem Buch Among the Isles of Shoals. Thaxter wurde im späten 19. Jahrhundert zu einer bekannten Autorin in Amerika. (de)
  • Celia Laighton Thaxter (29 juin 1835 – 25 août 1894) est une poétesse et auteure américaine. Elle est avec Alice Brown, Sarah Orne Jewett et Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Rose Terry Cooke une auteure majeure de la littérature appartenant au mouvement américain dit de la « Local Colour ». Pendant une grande partie de sa vie, elle habite avec son père sur les Îles de Shoals dans l'hôtel Appledore. Son enfance et son désir de devenir écrivaine sont détaillés dans son autobiographie (publié par St. Nicholas) et dans son livre intitulé Among the Isles of Shoals. Parmi ses poèmes les plus connus se trouvent « The Burgomaster Gull », « Landlocked », « Milking », « The Great White Owl », « The Kingfisher », et « The Sandpiper ». (fr)
  • Celia Laighton Thaxter (ur. 29 czerwca 1835 w Portsmouth, New Hampshire, zm. 25 sierpnia 1894 na ) – amerykańska pisarka i poetka. (pl)
  • Celia Thaxter è stata una poetessa e scrittrice statunitense. Celia Thaxter, 1889 Nata e cresciuta nelle Isole Shoals, prima nella Isola White dove suo padre era il custode del faro, e poi sull'isola di . All'età di sedici anni si sposò con Levi Thaxter e si spostò sulla terraferma. Tuttavia la sua vita matrimoniale con Thaxter non fu molto pacifica provocando nella scrittrice una grande nostalgia delle sue isole dalle quali era ormai assente da ben 10 anni, fin quando prese la decisione di far ritorno nelle . (it)
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