LEVERTOV, Priscilla Denise. Ilford, London 24.10.1923 — Seattle 20.12.1997. British-born poetess in the U.S.A. Daughter of Paul L. a Russian Hashidic Jew, who took Christianity, moved to the U.K. and became Anglican priest. Her mother was Beatrice Adelaide Spooner-Jones. Educated at home. In 1947 she married American Mitchell Goodman (1923–1997), a teacher and author, and moved to the U.S.A. She lived in Massachusetts, California and Washington and taught at several universities. She was a leftist feminist and a noted poet, but only relevant for Indology because of her collaboration with Dimock.
Publications: Translated with E. C. Dimock: In praise of Krishna. Songs from the Bengali. With an intr. and notes by E. C. D. 117 p. Repr. Chicago 1981.
– Own poetry, beginning 1940.
Sources: *Dana Greene, D.L.: A Poet’s Life. Chicago 2012; *Donna Krolik Hollenberg, A Poet’s Revolution: The Life of D.L. 2013; Wikipedia.
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