Information reaching our news desk has it that popular American poet, novelist, and short story writer, Fanny Howe, has sadly passed away at the age of 84. According to information online, Fanny died on July 9, 2025.
Her cause of death was not disclosed to the public at the time of filing this report.
Born on 15 October 1940, raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Howe has written more than 20 books of poetry and prose.1
Howe has authored multiple novels which including Nod, The Deep North, Famous Questions, Saving History, and Indivisible. She has written short stories, books for young adults, and the collection of literary essays The Wedding Dress: Meditations on Word and Life (2003) and The Winter Sun: Notes on a Vocation (2009).
Her works have earned her multiple awards. In 2001, her selected poems won the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize.
In 2001 and 2005, she was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize. In 2008, she won an Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
Reacting to Fanny’s death, the Paris Review on their official Instagram page wrote: We at the Review mourn the loss of Fanny Howe (1940-2025). In celebration of her life and work, we’ve unlocked her poems from our archive and her recent interview.
