Rita dove biography
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Rita Dove
Rita Dove was born in Akron, Ohio, on August 28, 1952. A poet and writer, she was a high school Presidential Scholar and graduated with a BA in English from Miami University of Ohio in 1973. She then studied German poetry as a Fulbright Scholar at Universität Tübingen before getting an MFA in creative writing from the University of Iowa.
Dove’s books of poetry include Playlist for the Apocalypse (W. W. Norton, 2021); Collected Poems 1974–2004 (W.W. Norton, 2016), recipient of the 2017 NAACP Image Award, the 2017 Library of Virginia Award and a finalist for the 2016 National Book Award; Sonata Mulattica (W. W. Norton, 2009), winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award; On the Bus with Rosa Parks (W. W. Norton, 1999), named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; and Thomas and Beulah (Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1986), which won th
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Rita Dove
(1952-)
Who Is Rita Dove?
African American poet Rita Dove loved poetry and music from a ung age. She was an exceptional student and was invited to the White House as a Presidential Scholar out of high school. She studied in Germany on a Fulbright Scholarship, later teaching creative writing at Arizona State University. She has won numerous awards for her work, including a 1987 Pulitzer Prize for the book of poetry Thomas and Beulah. Other books from Dove include Mother Love and Sonata Mulattica.
Education and Personal Life
Born in Akron, Ohio on August 28, 1952, Rita Dove developed a love for learning and literature at an early age in a household that encouraged reading. She was honored as a Presidential Scholar, being ranked as one of the top 100 high school students in the nation, and as a National Merit Scholar attended Ohio’s Miami University, graduating in 1973 summa cum laude. She subsequently studied abroad in Germany before returning to the states
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Rita Dove
Rita Frances Dove (ur. 28 sierpnia1952) – amerykańska poetka i pisarka, druga afroamerykańska laureatka Nagrody Pulitzera w dziedzinie poezji.
Rys biograficzny
[edytuj | edytuj kod]Urodziła się i wychowała w Akron w stanie Ohio, w doskonałych warunkach rozwojowych[1].
W 1970 Dove ukończyła Buchtel High School w Akron z zaszczytnym tytułem Presidential Scholar w ramach programu Departamentu Edukacji, uznającego osiągnięcia naukowe absolwentów szkół średnich. W 1973 ukończyła Miami University z wyróżnieniem summa cum laude. W 1974 wyjechała na Uniwersytet Eberharda Karola w Tybindze w Niemczech w ramach kilkuletniego stypendium Fulbrighta. Trzy lata później uzyskała na University of Iowa stopień Master of Fine Arts (MFA).
W latach 1993–1995 i w 1999 piastowała stanowisko federalne Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress[2].
W latach 1994–2000 była senatorem (członkinią rady zarządzającej) bractwa Phi Beta Kappa. Obecnie jest kanc