Agnes Blake Poor

Born on November 10, 1842, and later living for many years in Brookline, Massachusetts, Agnes Blake Poor was an American author and translator. She published books of sketches and stories as well as translations, and she also wrote under the pen name Dorothy Prescott.

Poor is especially remembered for introducing English-language readers to poetry from Brazil and other parts of Latin America. Modern reference sources and literary organizations note her as an early translator of Brazilian poetry into English, a role that gives her work a lasting place in the history of literary exchange.

Her writing ranged from regional pieces such as Boston Neighbours: In Town and Out to the anthology Pan-American Poems. She died on February 28, 1922, leaving behind a body of work that linked New England writing with a wider international literary world.