Rita Dove
American poet and author (born 1952) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rita Frances Dove (born August 28, 1952) is an American poet and essayist. From 1993 to 1995, she served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. She is the first African American to have been appointed since the position was created by an act of Congress in 1986 from the previous "consultant in poetry" position (1937–86). Dove also received an appointment as "special consultant in poetry" for the Library of Congress's bicentennial year from 1999 to 2000.[1] Dove is the second African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, in 1987, and she served as the Poet Laureate of Virginia[2] from 2004 to 2006. Since 1989, she has been teaching at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, where she held the chair of Commonwealth Professor of English from 1993 to 2020; as of 2020, she holds the chair of Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing.[3]
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Born | Rita Frances Dove (1952-08-28) August 28, 1952 (age 71) Akron, Ohio, U.S. |
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Education | Miami University (BA) University of Iowa (MFA) |
Notable works | Thomas and Beulah The Darker Face of the Earth Sonata Mulattica Playlist for the Apocalypse |
Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1987) United States Poet Laureate (1993–95) Poet Laureate of Virginia (2004–06) 1996 National Humanities Medal 2011 National Medal of Arts 2019 Wallace Stevens Award 2021 American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal 2022 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize 2022 Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry 2023 National Book Awards lifetime achievement medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters |
Spouse |
Fred Viebahn (m. 1979) |
Children | 1 |