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African-American History
Rita Frances Dove
Born on August 28, 1952 in Akron, OH, Dove attended the Miami University
in Oxford, OH as well as the University of Ohio
Her third collection of lyrical poetry, Thomas Beaulah, won a Pulitzer
Prize for poetry in 1987, making Dove the first African American to win
the award since Gwendolyn Brooks won in 1950.
In addition to being a Fullbright Scholar, Dove has won a National Endowment
for the Arts Award and a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. In 1989, Dove
became Professor of English at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville.
Most significantly, Dove was the youngest ever, second woman, and first
African-American Poet Laureate of the United States of America. She held
this title from 1993 to 1995.
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