Hilda was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1886, and grew up in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, and attended Bryn Mawr College. She sadly passed away on September 27th, 1961.
She moved to London in 1911, where she played a central role within the then-emerging Imagist movement.
She wrote poetry early in her career that shaped the direction of Imagism and modernism with Ezra Pound and Richard Aldington.
She translated Greek poetry, including poetry by Sappho and Euripides.
and wrote stunning long poems that recorded the modern response to world wars, reimagined changes in gender roles and status, and reshaped the function and purpose of poetry.