Mary Karr

1955 -

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: United States of America

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Goddard College, Macalester College

occupation: poet, historian, writer

award received: Guggenheim Fellowship

influenced by: Czesław Miłosz

official website: www.marykarr.com

Mary Karr (born January 16, 1955) is an American poet, essayist and memoirist from East Texas. She is widely noted for her 1995 bestselling memoir The Liars' Club. Karr is the Jesse Truesdell Peck Professor of English Literature at Syracuse University. Source: Wikipedia (en)