Ina Coolbrith

American poet, writer, and librarian (1841–1928)

Person Human Q3797509

Facts

14 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: female^[15]
Date of birth: March 10, 1841, 1841^[2]^[9]
Date of death: February 29, 1928, 1928^[4]^[10]
Place of birth: Nauvoo
Place of death: Oakland
Country of citizenship: United States^[13]
Occupation: librarian, poet, journalist, writer
Award received: California Library Hall of Fame^[14]
Father: Don Carlos Smith^[12]
Described by source: Dictionary of American Library Biography, A Woman of the Century, Women of Library History, Dictionary of Women Worldwide, American Women Writers, Library of the World's Best Literature, Women writers of the American West, 1833-1927, Frontier Women and Their Art^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]
Given name: Ina^[16]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: Every Book Its Reader 2025
Place of burial: Mountain View Cemetery^[11]

🏷️ Also known as

en Josephine Donna Carsley en Josephine Donna Smith Carsley “Ina” Coolbrith en Josephine Donna Smith en Ina Coolbirth en Ina Coolbrith en Ina D. Coolbrith en Ina Donna Coolbrith en Josephine Carsley ar إينا كولبرث de Josephine Donna Smith de Ina Donna Coolbrith zh 艾娜·库尔布里思

🔖 Identifiers · 31

ISNI: 0000000081936417
VIAF cluster ID: 2093511
Library of Congress Authorities ID: no98132296
GND ID: 142395943
American National Biography ID: 1600353
Archives at Yale agent ID: people/75988
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): CoolbrithInaD(InaDonna)1841-1928
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 16905397s
DAHR artist ID: 111242
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Ina-Donna-Coolbrith
FAST ID: 427292
FactGrid item ID: Wikidata item

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FemBio ID: 6323
Find a Grave memorial ID: 8862150
Freebase ID: /m/01wvqk
Geni profile ID: 6000000008458390223
IdRef ID: 20447597X
J9U entity ID: 987007290136005171
LibriVox author ID: 12822
NUKAT ID: n2016139629
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:Cth9;=B4
Open Library ID: OL2548265A
OpenMLOL author ID: 402099, 402103
Poetry Foundation ID: ina-coolbrith
Project Gutenberg author ID: 52452
SBN author ID: LO1V434961
SNAC ARK ID: w6833vg3
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID: 1004
WikiTree person ID: Smith-23671
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJjxv3M4VJq6xXD9yjGCQq
Yale LUX ID: person/9256ff06-74a7-4346-8636-448aca1ee463

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🔗 Connections

Occupation 4

writer, poet, journalist, librarian

Award received 1

California Library Hall of Fame

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Described by source 1

Women of Library History

Given name 1

Ina

Instance of 1

human

Place of birth 1

Nauvoo

Place of burial 1

Mountain View Cemetery

Place of death 1

Oakland

Sex or gender 1

female

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Summary

Ina Coolbrith's place of birth was Nauvoo^[1]. She was born on March 10, 1841^[2]. She passed away in Oakland^[3]. She died on February 29, 1928^[4]. She worked as a librarian^[5], poet^[6], journalist^[7], and writer^[8].

FAQs

Where was Ina Coolbrith born?

Born in Nauvoo^[1].

Where did Ina Coolbrith die?

Ina Coolbrith died in Oakland^[3].

Who were Ina Coolbrith's parents?

Ina Coolbrith's father was Don Carlos Smith^[12].

What did Ina Coolbrith do for work?

Ina Coolbrith worked as librarian^[5], poet^[6], journalist^[7], and writer^[8].

What awards did Ina Coolbrith receive?

Honors received include California Library Hall of Fame^[14].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ Ina Coolbrith — place of birth (P19): Nauvoo. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Ina Coolbrith — place of death (P20): Oakland. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Ina Coolbrith — sex or gender (P21): female. A Woman of the Century. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Ina Coolbrith — father (P22): Don Carlos Smith. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Ina Coolbrith — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Ina Coolbrith — occupation (P106): librarian. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Ina Coolbrith — occupation (P106): poet. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Ina Coolbrith — occupation (P106): journalist. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Ina Coolbrith — occupation (P106): writer. American Women Writers. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Ina Coolbrith — place of burial (P119): Mountain View Cemetery. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Ina Coolbrith — award received (P166): California Library Hall of Fame. cla-net.org. cla-net.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Ina Coolbrith — date of birth (P569): March 10, 1841. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Ina Coolbrith — date of birth (P569): January 1, 1841. Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Ina Coolbrith — date of death (P570): February 29, 1928. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Ina Coolbrith — date of death (P570): January 1, 1928. Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Ina Coolbrith — given name (P735): Ina. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Ina Coolbrith — described by source (P1343): Dictionary of American Library Biography. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Ina Coolbrith — described by source (P1343): A Woman of the Century. en.wikisource.org. en.wikisource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Ina Coolbrith — described by source (P1343): Women of Library History. womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com. womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Ina Coolbrith — described by source (P1343): Dictionary of Women Worldwide. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Ina Coolbrith — described by source (P1343): American Women Writers. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Ina Coolbrith — described by source (P1343): Library of the World's Best Literature. bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Ina Coolbrith — described by source (P1343): Women writers of the American West, 1833-1927. wikidata.org.

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4w ago · Tfmorris1 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Open Library ID → OL2548265A

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25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Given name → Ina

On focus list of Wikimedia project → Every Book Its Reader 2025

Country of citizenship → United States

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