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| Born | Kelly Cherry December 21, 1940 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | March 18, 2022 (aged 81) Halifax, Virginia, U.S. |
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| Education | University of Mary Washington University of Virginia University of North Carolina at Greensboro (MFA) |
| Notable works | Quartet for J. Robert Oppenheimer (poems) Twelve Women in a Country Called America: Stories A Kind of Dream Girl in a Library: On Women Writers & the Writing Life Hazard and Prospect: New and Selected Poems The Retreats of Thought |
| Notable awards | Poet Laureate of Virginia (2010–12) |
| Spouse | Burke Davis III |
Kelly Cherry (December 21, 1940 – March 18, 2022) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, professor, and literary critic[1] and a former Poet Laureate of Virginia (2010–2012).[2] She was the author of more than 30 books, including the poetry collections Songs for a Soviet Composer, Death and Transfiguration, Rising Venus and The Retreats of Thought.[3][1] Her short fiction was reprinted in The Best American Short Stories, Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards, The Pushcart Prize, and New Stories from the South, and won a number of awards.[4]
- ^ a b "Kelly Cherry: A poetic voice for the atomic age" by James T. Keane, America Magazine, April 05, 2022.
- ^ Virginia Law and Library of Congress List of Poets Laureate of Virginia. Loc.gov. Retrieved on 2011-05-25.
- ^ "Two Women: One Art The Life and Death of Poetry by Kelly Cherry and Eldest Daughter by Ava Leavell Haymon" by Randall Ivey, Modern Age, 58(1), winter 2016, page 82.
- ^ "Kelly Cherry (1940-2022)," University of Wisconsin, Madison, Department of English, accessed July 17, 2022.