Emily Dickinson was a poet, she wrote 1800 poems. She only published those in her lifetime. She also did interesting things that I will tell you about. Emily Dickinson's full name is Emily Elizabeth Dickinson. She was born December 10, 1830. She was born in Amherst Massachusetts. Emily never got married, she never had kids either. She had one brother and one sister. Her sister's name was Lavinia Norcross Dickinson, her brothers name was William Austin Dickinson. Her mom and dads name was Emily Norcross Dickinson and Edward Dickinson. Emily was a poet. She wrote and published 1800 poems. Her job was really just being an author and a poet. She wrote so many things that everyone started to love her poems. She became well known or famous.