NAME: Rita Dove
BORN: 1952
COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS: BORN:born, Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
EDUCATION:
graduated, Miami University, B.A
graduated, University of Iowa, M.F.A.
OCCUPATION:
poet
Commonwealth Professor of English, University of Virginia
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FAST FACTS:
Dove was the Poet Laureate of the Library of Congress from 1993 to 1995.
Awards
Heinz Award, Arts and Humanities, 1996 Charles Frankel Prize/National Medal, Humanities, 1996 Sara Lee Frontrunner Award, 1997 Levinson Prize, 1998
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