H.D. (September 10, 1886, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States – September 27, 1961, Zürich, Switzerland), born Hilda Doolittle, was an American poet, novelist and memoirist. She is best known for her association with the key early 20th century avant-garde Imagist group of poets, although her later writing represents a move away from the Imagist model, towards a distinctly feminine version of modernist poetry and prose. Career Early life and work Hilda Doolittle was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley. Her father, Charles Doolittle, was professor of astronomy at Lehigh UniversityChampion, Laurie; Sampath, Emmanuel Nelson. "American Women Writers, 1900?1945: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook". Greenwood Press. p. 87. ISBN 0-3133-0943-4 and her mother, Helen (Wolle), was a Moravian with a strong interest in music. In 1895, Charles Doolittle was