Gloria Oden | |
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| Born | October 30, 1923 |
| Died | December 16, 2011 (aged 88) |
| Alma mater | Howard University (B.A, J.D.) |
| Known for | American poet, editor |
Gloria Catherine Oden (October 30, 1923 – December 16, 2011) was an American poet, editor and retired professor of English.[1] She was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1979 for Resurrections, a collection of poems that responded to the unsolved murder of her mother and sister in their home in Washington, D.C.[2]