Rita Dove
Author of Selected Poems
About the Author
Rita Dove, former Poet Laureate of the United States, is the recipient of many honors, among them the Pulitzer Prize, the National Humanities Medal, and the Heinz Award. Among her recent publications are the poetry collection On the Bus with Rosa Parks and the drama The Darker Face of the Earth. show more She is Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia show less
Image credit: Dove in December 2017 By Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64542050
Works by Rita Dove
The best American poetry — Editor — 12 copies
The Island Women of Paris 1 copy
Gospel [poem] 1 copy
Daystar 1 copy
Украдено време 1 copy
Associated Works
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributor, some editions — 901 copies
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Contributor — 447 copies
Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction (1990) — Contributor — 265 copies
Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient… (1992) — Contributor — 156 copies
Poetry Speaks Expanded: Hear Poets Read Their Own Work from Tennyson to Plath (2007) — Advisory Editor; Contributor — 147 copies
Children of the Night: The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1967 to the Present (1995) — Contributor — 109 copies
What My Mother Gave Me: Thirty-one Women on the Gifts That Mattered Most (2013) — Contributor — 93 copies
Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945 (1994) — Contributor — 83 copies
Take My Advice: Letters to the Next Generation from People Who Know a Thing or Two (2002) — Contributor — 45 copies
Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry (2013) — Contributor — 41 copies
Centers of the Self: Stories by Black American Women, from the Nineteenth Century to the Present (1994) — Contributor — 28 copies
Grand Fathers: Reminiscences, Poems, Recipes, and Photos of the Keepers of Our Traditions (1999) — Contributor — 25 copies
The Unforgetting Heart: An Anthology of Short Stories by African American Women (1859-1993) (1993) — Contributor — 21 copies
Multicultural Voices: Literature from the United States (Points of departure) (1997) — Foreword — 15 copies
Democracy in Print: The best of the Progressive Magazine, 1909-2009 (2009) — Contributor — 12 copies
When She Named Fire: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by American Women (1900) — Contributor — 11 copies
The Bluelight Corner: Black Women Writing on Passion, Sex, and Romantic Love (1998) — Contributor — 9 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Dove, Rita
- Legal name
- Dove, Rita Frances
- Other names
- DOVE, Rita Frances
DOVE, Rita - Birthdate
- 1952-08-28
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Akron, Ohio, USA
- Places of residence
- Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
- Education
- Miami University of Ohio (BA)
University of Iowa (MFA)
Eberhard Karls University - Occupations
- poet
teacher - Organizations
- Academy of American Poets
Fellowship of Southern Writers - Awards and honors
- Charles Frankel Prize (1996)
Peter I. B. Lavan Younger Poets Award (1986)
Pulitzer Prize in Poetry ( [1987])
Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (1993-1995)
National Humanities Medal (1996)
Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanities (1996) (show all 20)
NAACP Great American Artist Award
Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia (2004-2006)
Emily Couric Leadership Award (2003)
Duke Ellington Lifetime Achievement Award (2001)
Sara Lee Frontrunner Award (1997)
Phi Beta Kappa
Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service (2006)
Chubb Fellow at Yale University (2007)
Library of Virginia's Lifetime Achievement Award (2008)
Fulbright Lifetime Achievement Medal (2009)
Premio Capri (2009)
National Metal of Arts (2012)
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize (2022)
National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (2023) - Short biography
- Rita Dove is the author of several books of poetry. A former Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, Dove also served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1993 to 1995. She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, where she teaches at the University of Virginia. [2013]
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Statistics
- Works
- 34
- Also by
- 63
- Members
- 2,224
- Popularity
- #11,523
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 24
- ISBNs
- 59
- Languages
- 5
- Favorited
- 6
- Touchstones
- 124