Lucille Clifton
Lucille Clifton was an American poet, writer, and educator from Buffalo, New York. From 1979 to 1985 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland. Clifton was a finalist twice for the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Depew
- Educated at
- City Honors SchoolFosdick-Masten Park High SchoolState University of New York at FredoniaHoward University
- Awards
- 🏆 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards🏆 Coretta Scott King Award🏆 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
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Trending topics shown first"… A lot of women have borne a lot of things; a lot of people have borne a lot of things. There’s a certain kind of human that I want to be. There is not shame in my life. There is certainly misfortune…"
"Other than “the unanswerable question”… It’s the heart speaking, maybe that, maybe the human heart speaking."
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Timeline
1936
Born
Birth2010
Died
Death
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