Helen Vendler was born on April 30, 1933 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Helen is known for Ezra Pound: American Odyssey (1985). Helen was married to Zeno Vendler . Helen died on April 23, 2024 in Laguna Niguel, California. USA.
Father George Hennessy taught Romance languages at English High and Roxbury Memorial High, and mother Helen Conway taught in the Boston Public Schools before resigning upon marrying because of rules requiring female teachers to be single.
Was a judge for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1974, 1976, 1978, 1986).
Wrote books on Emily Dickinson, W. B. Yeats, Wallace Stevens, John Keats and Seamus Heaney.
Was a member of the American Philosophical Society.
Was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.