Rita Dove
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).
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in the long dull stare of Wyoming. Rita Dove’s Collected Poems 1974–2004 ranges over thirty years and multiple books of poetry. These poems are as punchy fresh as they were when they first emerged in print. Dove can get down and funky with the blues on Saturday night, and then dress it up for ...Rita Dove | poetryarchive.org
Born: Aug 28, 1952 (age 65) · Akron, OH
Spouse: Fred Viebahn (m. 1979)
Awards: United States Poet Laureate (1992) · Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1987) · National Humanities Medal · National Medal of Arts
Children: Aviva Dove-Viebahn (Daughter)
Education: University of Iowa · Miami University · University of Tübingen · Buchtel High School
Parents: Ray Dove (Father) · Elvira Hord (Mother)
Timeline
1979:
Dove married Fred Viebahn, a German-born writer, in 1979.
1999:
Rita Dove also served as a Special Bicentennial Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1999/2000, along with Louise Glück and W. S. Merwin.
2009:
Dove's most ambitious collection of poetry, Sonata Mulattica, was published in 2009.
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Quotes
I believe people may have a predisposition for artistic creativity. It doesn't mean they're going to make it.
I'm a night person. My best times are midnight to six, actually.
I loved to write when I was a child. I wrote, but I always thought it was something that you did as a child, then you put away childish things.
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