Carolyn D. Wright
Carolyn D. "C. D." Wright (January 6, 1949 – January 12, 2016) was an American poet.[1] Se was born in Mountain Home, Arkansas. In 1977 the publishing company founded by Frank Stanford, Lost Roads, published Wright's first collection, Room Rented by A Single Woman. In 1983 she moved to Providence, Rhode Island to teach writing at Brown University as the Israel J. Kapstein Professor of English.[2] In 2013, Wright was elected a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.[3]
Carolyn D. Wright | |
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Born | |
Died | January 12, 2016 | (aged 67)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Memphis, University of Arkansas |
Occupation | Poetry |
Known for | MacArthur Fellowship |
Wright died on January 12, 2016 from cancer in Barrington, Rhode Island at the age of 67.[4]
Carolyn D. Wright Media
John Reed, David Biespiel and Wright at the after party for the National Book Critics Circle Awards, March 2012
Related pages
References
- ↑ "C.D. Wright Interview with Kent Johnson for Jacket". English.uiuc.edu. Archived from the original on September 1, 2006. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
- ↑ "C. D. Wright (1949–2016) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas". www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net.
- ↑ Poets, Academy of American. "Academy of American Poets". poets.org.
- ↑ "CC.D. Wright, ex-R.I. state poet and MacArthur 'genius grant' winner, dies at 67". The Providence Journal. January 14, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
Other websites
- Griffin Poetry Prize biography
- Griffin Poetry Prize readings, including video clips
- Profile at The Whiting Foundation
- .mp3 recording of Wright reading from "One Big Self" during the Key West Literary Seminar, 2003
- C. D. Wright--The Academy of American Poets Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine