Mary Susannah Robbins

Mary Susannah Robbins

Dec 27, 2016

Place of birth: None

On December 27, Susannah Robbins died in hospice in Cambridge. Susannah was a fine poet, visual artist, and editor of two anthologies, one on the Vietnam War, the other on the Gulf War. Susannah grew up in Manhattan, went to the Putney School, Radcliffe, then Boston College, where she got her PhD in English literature with a thesis on Yeats. She taught briefly at Vassar, then returned to Cambridge, where she lived for the rest of her life, editing for a living. A memorial for family only will be held in New York in the spring and there may be one in Cambridge for friends, open to all, in the spring. If you wish to attend, please let us know. We can be reached at ruthlepson@gmail.com.