Sara Teasdale

American writer and poet (1884-1933).

Born August 8th, 1884 in St. Louis. [ref]

Died January 29th, 1933 at 48 years old in New York City (drug overdose). [ref]

Occupations
poet, writer
Wikipedia

I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner