90-year-old renowned US poetry critic and professor Helen Vendler passed away in Laguna Niguel, California.

90-year-old Helen Vendler, a renowned US poetry critic and professor, has passed away in Laguna Niguel, California. Known for her meticulous close reading technique, she taught at Harvard for over three decades and wrote or edited around 30 books of poetry criticism. In a literary landscape dominated by poststructuralist and politically influenced criticism, Vendler's traditional close reading approach gained her widespread recognition and esteem.