Rita+Dove,+1993-1995


 * Rita Dove (1993-1995) **[[image:Rita_Dove2006.jpg width="181" height="220" align="right"]]

Rita Dove was born in Akron, Ohio, in 1952. Among her many honors are the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry, the 1996 Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanities and the 2006 Common Wealth Award. President Bill Clinton bestowed upon her the 1996 National Humanities Medal.

Her books of poetry include //American Smooth// (W. W. Norton, 2004); //On the Bus with Rosa Parks// (1999), which was named a //New York Times// Notable Book of the Year and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; //Mother Love// (1995); //Selected Poems// (1993); //Grace Notes// (1989); //Thomas and Beulah// (1986), which won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry; //Museum// (1983); and //The Yellow House on the Corner// (1980).

In addition to poetry, Dove has published a book of short stories, //Fifth Sunday// (1985), the novel //Through the Ivory Gate// (1992), essays in //The Poet's World// and the verse drama //The Darker Face of the Earth// (1994). She also edited //The Best American Poetry 2000//.

Dove is Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia, where she has been teaching since 1989. She was elected a [|Chancellor] of the Academy of American Poets in 2006.

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