Lucille Clifton

1936 - 2010

country of citizenship: United States of America

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Howard University, State University of New York at Fredonia, City Honors School

occupation: poet, author, university teacher, writer, children's writer

award received: National Book Award, Langston Hughes Medal, National Book Award for Poetry, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, Black Literary Hall of Fame, Shelley Memorial Award, Maryland Women's Hall of Fame, Coretta Scott King Award

Lucille Clifton (June 27, 1936 – February 13, 2010) 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)