Heather McHugh

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Heather McHugh
McHugh in 2013
Born	(1948-08-20) August 20, 1948 (age 76) San Diego, California,U.S.
Education	Harvard University (BA) University of Denver (MA)
Notable works	Dangers, To The Quick, The Father of the Predicaments, Upgraded to Serious, Muddy Matterhorn, et al.
Notable awards	MacArthur Fellowship

Heather McHugh (born August 20, 1948) is an American poet notable for Dangers, To the Quick, Eyeshot and Muddy Matterhorn. McHugh was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in the US and a Griffin Poetry Prize in Canada, and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She taught for thirty years at the University of Washington in Seattle and held visiting chairs at Berkeley, Stanford, Columbia, Syracuse, UCLA and elsewhere.