Denise Levertov and her Work ‘Sojourns in the Parallel World’ (Essay Sample)

The work is about the analysis of some of Denise Levertov's literary works. Priscilla Denise Levertov was a renown American poet, cum anti-war activist, essayist, and also an environmentalist. Apart from that she also lectured in several universities as a professor. She became an American by naturalization, thus becoming an American-based poet, this, after marrying husband and fellow poet, Mitchell Goodman. She managed to publish 24 books of poetry, some translations and criticisms. During her lifetime she had received several awards, honors and recognitions; the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry (1993), a Catherine Luck Memorial Grant, a Shelley Memorial Award (1984), a Robert Frost Medal in 1990, the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts in 1962, the National Institute of Arts and Letters’ grant, and a Lenore Marshall Prize.