- Elizabeth Bishop was born in 1911 at Worcester, Massachusetts in America.
- Her father died from a disease in the year she was born.
- Her mother was placed in a mental institution due to mental illness.
- Bishop was taken care by her aunts till she was seven and then was taken care by her wealthy grandparents.
- She then attended Vassar Collage but her grades started to fall.
- She didn’t have a normal family life in her childhood. This affected her during her childhood.
- She often god depressed and needed treatment.
- She took solace (comfort) in alcohol.
- She struggled with her sexuality.
- During the late 1930s she moved to France to follow her dream to be a poet.
- She travelled around the world for the next 16 years. From Florida to Nova Scotia to Brazil.
- From 1951, she lived in Brazil in a longterm relationship until her death in 1979.