Elizabeth Bishop, Plaque

Title

Elizabeth Bishop, Plaque

Biographical Text

Bronze plaque designating Bishop’s house a Literary Landmark.
Bishop’s home in Key West, Florida, was designated a Literary Landmark in 1993. The plaque was unveiled by Bishop’s friend and Pulitzer prize winning poet, James Merrill.

Text

Friends of Libraries USA
Literary Landmarks Register
Designates the house
(1938 - 1948) of poet
ELIZABETH BISHOP
“Should we have stayed at home,/wherever that may be?”
a Literary Landmark

Date Created

1993

Type

English Signage

English Building

Bibliographic Citation

Literary Landmark: Elizabeth Bishop’s Key West house, American Library Association

Project Researcher

Bysterbusch, Hailey