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82 years old
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Aries
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Celebrities born on April 12
Born in 1941
Born in Hamtramck, Michigan
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Toi Derricotte is an American poet and a professor of writing at the University of Pittsburgh. She won a 2012 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry. With Cornelius Eady, she co-founded Cave Canem Foundation, a summer workshop for African-American poets. She is the 2020 recipient of the Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry awarded by the Poetry Society of America.

About Toi Derricotte

Poet Toi Derricotte was born on April 12, 1941 in Hamtramck, Michigan, United States (She's 82 years old now).

Captivity, Tender, and The Undertaker's Daughter are among the poetry books by this African-American poet and creative writing professor. She also released The Black Notebooks: An Interior Journey, an autobiographical lyrical work.

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Toi Derricotte before becoming famous

Toi Derricotte was born in the Zodiac sign Aries (The Ram), and 1941 is also the year of Serpent (蛇) in the Chinese Zodiac.

In 1967, she relocated to New York City and earned a master's degree in English literature from New York University.

Achievement of Toi Derricotte

Childhood trips to her grandparents' residence, which also served as a funeral home, had a profound impact on her.

Toi Derricotte's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Her father was a native of Kentucky, while her mother was of Creole descent from Louisiana. In 1962, while a student at Wayne State University, Derricotte gave birth to an illegitimate child.

Toi Derricotte Collabed with

Her poetry style resembles Poet Anne Sexton's and other confessional poets'.

Anne Sexton (1928 - 1974) (Poet)
Anne Sexton (1928 - 1974)

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Toi Derricotte Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Toi Derricotte updated on March 17 2023.