Ai (poet)

For the Japanese footballer, see Ai Ogawa.
Ai
BornFlorence Anthony
October 21, 1947
Albany, Texas, United States
DiedMarch 20, 2010 (aged 62)
Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States
OccupationPoet
GenreContemporary American Literature
Notable worksVice (1999)
Notable awardsNational Book Award
1999

Ai Ogawa (born Florence Anthony; October 21, 1947 – March 20, 2010)[1][2][3][4] was an American poet and educator who won the 1999 National Book Award for Poetry for Vice: New and Selected Poems.[5] Ai is known for her mastery of the dramatic monologue as a poetic form, as well as for taking on dark, controversial topics in her work.[6] About writing in the dramatic monologue form, she's said: "I want to take the narrative 'persona' poem as far as I can, and I've never been one to do things in halves. All the way or nothing. I won't abandon that desire."[7]

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  2. ^ "Ai." Contemporary Women Poets. Gale, 1998. Gale Biography In Context. Web. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
  3. ^ "Ai." Contemporary Poets. Gale, 2001. Gale Biography In Context. Web. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
  4. ^ Obituary The New York Times, March 28, 2010; page A26.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference nba1999 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "STANDARDS: A Conversation with AI". Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
  7. ^ "Ai Interviewd by Lawrence Kearney and Micheal Cuddihy". www.english.illinois.edu.