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Virgo
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Rita Dove
Rita Frances Dove is an American poet and essayist. From 1993 to 1995, she was a poet poetry consultant for the Library of Congress. She is the first African American to be appointed since the post was created by Congress in 1986 from a former post of “poetry advisor”. Dove also received a nomination as "Special Poetry Consultant" for Bicentennial of the Library of Congress from 1999 to 2000. Dove was the second African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, in year 2000. 1987, and she is the Virginia poet award winner. 2004 - 2006. From 1989, she taught at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, where she served as the Commonwealth of English Professor of English.
BornRita Frances Dove, August 28, 1952, Akron, Ohio, U.S.
OccupationPoet, author, university professor
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMiami University, University of Tübingen, University of Iowa
Notable worksThomas and Beulah, The Darker Face of the Earth, Sonata Mulattica
Notable awardsPulitzer Prize for Poetry (1987), United States Poet Laureate (1993–95), Poet Laureate of Virginia (2004–06), 1996 National Humanities Medal, 2011 National Medal of Arts, 2019 Wallace Stevens Award
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About Rita Dove

Poet Rita Dove was born on August 28, 1952 in Akron, Ohio, United States (She's 72 years old now).

From 1993 to 1995, he served as the United States Poet Laureate. Sonata Mulattica and The Darker Face of the Earth are two of her most well-known pieces.

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Rita Dove before becoming famous

Rita Dove was born in the Zodiac sign Virgo (The Maiden), and 1952 is also the year of Dragon (龍) in the Chinese Zodiac.

She went to the Iowa Writers' Workshop and Miami University.

Achievement of Rita Dove

Thomas and Beulah, a collection published in 1986, won her the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry.

Rita Dove's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In 1983, she and her husband Fred Viebahn welcomed their first child, Aviva.

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TV Show Host Bill Moyers, the journalist, interviewed her while she was the United States Poet Laureate.

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Rita Dove Income & Net worth

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