Natasha Trethewey
Natasha Trethewey (born April 26, 1966) is an American poet and teacher. From 2012 to 2014 she was the poet laureate consultant in poetry for the Library of Congress.[1] In 2012 she was also the poet laureate of the state of Mississippi.[2]
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 Trethewey reading at the Library of Congress in 2013 | |
| Born | April 26, 1966 Gulfport, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet, professor |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Georgia (AB) Hollins University (MA) University of Massachusetts Amherst (MFA) |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 2007 Poet Laureate of Mississippi 2012 United States Poet Laureate 2012, 2014 Lamont Poet at Phillips Exeter Academy 2012 Heinz Award in Arts and Humanities 2017 |
| Spouse | Brett Gadsden |
She has written five books of poetry, a memoir, and a work of non-fiction. Her third poetry collection won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2007.[3]
She was born in Gulfport, Mississippi to an African American mother and a white Canadian father. This fact of coming from parents of different races plays an important part in her writing. After her parents' divorce, she learned that "when she was with her father she could pass for white and be treated more equally than when she was among her mother’s people."[4]
Books
- Domestic Work (2000)
- Bellocq’s Ophelia (2002)
- Native Guard (2006)
- Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast (2010)
- Thrall (2012)
- Monument (2018)
- Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir (2020)
Awards
- 1999 First Annual Cave Canem Foundation Poetry Prize for Domestic Work, selected by Rita Dove
- 2003 Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
- 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
- 2009 James Weldon Johnson Fellow in African American Studies at Yale's Beinecke Library
- 2012-2014 United States Poet Laureate
- 2012 Poet Laureate of Mississippi
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Natasha Trethewey during book signing at the University of Michigan, 2011
References
- ↑ "Natasha Trethewey | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
- ↑ "About Natasha Trethewey | Academy of American Poets". poets.org. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
- ↑ "Natasha Trethewey: Department of English - Northwestern University". english.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
- ↑ "Natasha Trethewey". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
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