Kelly Cherry | |
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Born | Kelly Cherry December 21, 1940 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |
Died | March 18, 2022 Halifax, Virginia, U.S. | (aged 81)
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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]