Sara Teasdale Sara Teasdale Sara Teasdale was born on August 8, 1884 in St. Louis, MO. She was tutored at home and then graduated from a local private school in 1903. In 1905 she visited Europe and in 1907 she published her first collection of poems. In 1911, the publication of "Helen of Troy" introduced her to Louis Untermeyer, who, with his wife Jean, was to become a lifelong friend. On December 19, 1914, she married Ernst B. Filsinger. They divorced fifteen years later. Following the divorce, she published numerous volumes of poetry. Sara Teasdale committed suicide on January 29, 1933 in New York.
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