Claudia Emerson
American academic, writer and poet
Claudia Emerson (January 13, 1957 – December 4, 2014) was an American poet. She won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for her poetry collection Late Wife.[1][2] She was named the Poet Laureate of Virginia by Governor Tim Kaine in 2008.[3] Emerson was born in Chatham, Virginia.
Claudia Emerson | |
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| Born | January 13, 1957 |
| Died | December 4, 2014 (aged 57) |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, professor |
| Spouse |
Kent Ippolito (m. 2000) |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (2006) Poet Laureate of Virginia (2008–10) Guggenheim Fellowship (2011) |
Emerson died in Richmond, Virginia from colon cancer, aged 57.[3]
Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ "Claudia Emerson". poetryfoundation.org. 10 July 2022.
- ↑ "Claudia Emerson Wins Pulitzer Prize for Poetry". PBS NewsHour. Archived from the original on 2014-01-21. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Estes, Lindley (2014), "Distinguished poet, Pulitzer Prize-winner Claudia Emerson dies", The Free Lance-Star, retrieved December 4, 2014
Other websites
change- Claudia Emerson Papers at the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia
- Pulitzer Prize website, Emerson profile
- Library of Congress reading (mp3 format file) Interview and poems
- Kooser, Ted, American Life in Poetry: Column 26--Claudia Emerson's poem "Stable' Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine Emerson's poems "Migrane, Aura and Aftermath" and "What They Want" in Visions International (issue #67)
- Williams, Susan Settlemyre, "Review | Pinion: An Elegy, by Claudia Emerson", Blackbird: An Online Journal of Literature and the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Volume 1, No. 2 December 16, 2002
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