Dove, Rita Frances, 1952-

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Rita Frances Dove (born August 28, 1952) is an American poet and essayist. From 1993 to 1995 she served as the Poet Laureate of the United States. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1987, and also she served as the Poet Laureate of Virginia from 2004 to 2006. Dove was born in Akron, Ohio and graduated from Miami University. She held a Fulbright Scholarship from Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany and received her MFA from the University of Iowa. She has taught at Universtiy of Arizona and the University of Virginia.
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referencedIn Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Collection of American Literature. Yale Collection of American Literature reading series, 2002-2006. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Dove, Rita. Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1977-1995. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn George P. Garrett Papers, 1929-2008, (bulk 1960-2000) David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn [Millennium Evening 4/22/98] [1] William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
HRC Speeches 4/98-5/98: [4/22 Poetry Millennium Evening] William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn HRC Speeches 4/98-5/98: [4/22 Poetry Slam, DC] William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn [Conference on Culture and Diplomacy - Nov. 28, 2000] William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
creatorOf Abraham, Henry Julian, 1921-. Fall convocation addresses at the University of Virginia [manuscript], 1983-1998. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Amichai, Yehuda. Yehuda Amichai papers, 1929-1999. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Health Care Clips (Through January) 1994 [Also Lists a Date of July 27, 1993] [4] William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn Collection of Harvard University serials / from the library of Rita Dove. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Potential Olympians William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn Columbia Women's Hospital 3/3/98 William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn NEA [National Endowment for the Arts] - Humanities Awards [5] William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn Millennium Evening 1/25/99 William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn Carol Muske-Dukes Papers, 1960-2008 USC Libraries Special Collections
referencedIn Ostrom, Hans A. Hans Ostrom papers, 1978-1992. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library) poetry readings, 1931- (ongoing). Woodberry Poetry Room, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn HRC Speeches 4/98-5/98: [5/28 Team Harmony, Talking Points, DC] United States. National Archives and Records Administration
referencedIn Olympic Games - Activities [2] William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
creatorOf Maycox, John G. Correspondence and autographs, 1994-1998. Indiana University
referencedIn NEA [National Endowment for the Arts] - Humanities Awards [3] William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn [Millennium Evening 4/22/98] [2] William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn Millennium Lecture 4/22/98 William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn Yehuda Amichai papers, 1929-1999 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Reiss, James. James Reiss collection 1960-2008. Miami University Libraries, King Library
creatorOf Cheuse, Alan. Papers of Alan Cheuse, 1974-1989. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn HRC Speeches 4/98-5/98: [4/22 Poetry Millennium Evening] United States. National Archives and Records Administration
referencedIn [Longfellow House Event - 12/98] William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn PIR [President's Initiative on Race] - Background [2] William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn Yale Collection of American Literature reading series, 2002-2010 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn [HRC Schedule, 10/17/93] [Loose] William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn Parnassus: poetry in review records, 1971-1996 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Conference on Culture and Diplomacy - 11/29/00 William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn NEA [National Endowment for the Arts] - Humanities Awards [1] William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn HRC Speeches 12/96-3/97: [1/9 National Medal of Arts and the Charles Frankel Prize] William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn Records of, Sojourner, (inclusive), (bulk), 1920-2004, 1975-2002 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn NEA [National Endowment for the Arts] Luminaries/Medal Arts Past NEA Council [1] William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn [White House News Reports – February 20 1995] William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn NEA [National Endowment for the Arts] - Humanities Awards [4] William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn [HRC Date File] 10/18/94 [Washington Business Group on Health] [1] William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
creatorOf Phi Beta Kappa. Virginia Beta (University of Virginia). Papers of Phi Beta Kappa [manuscript], 1975-1998. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn NEA [National Endowment for the Arts] - Humanities Awards [2] William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn Videos 6/10/98 [1] William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn The Reaper Records, 1979-1989 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Madgett, Naomi Cornelia Long. Naomi Long Madgett and Lotus Press papers. 1937-2004 (bulk 1970-2003). University of Michigan
creatorOf Plush, Vincent. Cartographies : three settings for large chorus of poems by Rita Dove [music] / Vincent Plush. Libraries Australia
referencedIn The Reaper Records, 1979-1989 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Griffith, E. V., 1927-. E.V. Griffith papers, ca. 1945-1995. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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creatorOf The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Rita Frances Dove The HistoryMakers
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Charlottesville (Va.)
Charlottesville, VA
Akron, Ohio
Akron (Ohio)
Charlottesville (Va.)
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Birth 1952-08-28

Birth 19520828

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