Rita Dove
Poet, Author
1952 –
Who is Rita Dove?
Rita Frances Dove is an American poet and author. From 1993–1995 she served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. She was the first African American to be appointed since the position was created by an act of Congress in 1986 out of the previous "consultant in poetry" position. Dove also received an appointment as "special consultant in poetry" for the Library of Congress's bicentennial year from 1999–2000. Dove is the second African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, in 1987, and she served as the Poet Laureate of Virginia from 2004 to 2006.
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- Born
- Aug 28, 1952
Akron - Also known as
- Rita Frances Dove
- Dove, Rita
- Parents
- Spouses
- Fred Viebahn
(1979 - )
- Fred Viebahn
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts, Miami University
( - 1973) - Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
- Master of Fine Arts, University of Iowa
( - 1977) - Buchtel Community Learning Center
- Bachelor of Arts, Miami University
- Employment
- Arizona State University
(1981 - 1989)
- Arizona State University
- Lived in
- Akron
- Ohio
- Charlottesville
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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