Carolyn D. Wright

American poet

Carolyn D. "C. D." Wright (January 6, 1949 – January 12, 2016) was an American poet.[1] Se was born in Mountain Home, Arkansas. In 1977 the publishing company founded by Frank Stanford, Lost Roads, published Wright's first collection, Room Rented by A Single Woman. In 1983 she moved to Providence, Rhode Island to teach writing at Brown University as the Israel J. Kapstein Professor of English.[2] In 2013, Wright was elected a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.[3]

Carolyn D. Wright
September 2007
Born(1949-01-06)January 6, 1949
DiedJanuary 12, 2016(2016-01-12) (aged 67)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Memphis, University of Arkansas
OccupationPoetry
Known forMacArthur Fellowship

Wright died on January 12, 2016 from cancer in Barrington, Rhode Island at the age of 67.[4]

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  1. "C.D. Wright Interview with Kent Johnson for Jacket". English.uiuc.edu. Archived from the original on September 1, 2006. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
  2. "C. D. Wright (1949–2016) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas". www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net.
  3. Poets, Academy of American. "Academy of American Poets". poets.org.
  4. "CC.D. Wright, ex-R.I. state poet and MacArthur 'genius grant' winner, dies at 67". The Providence Journal. January 14, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.

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