Adrienne Rich

Adrienne Rich (born May 16, 1929 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American feminist, poet, teacher, and writer. She has received a MacArthur Fellowship, the Academy of American Poets Fellowship, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Lannan Foundation, the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, and the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.

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May 16 - 1929 - Baltimore - Maryland - American - Feminist - Poet - MacArthur Fellowship - Academy of American Poets - Lannan Foundation - Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize - Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize

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Rich attended Radcliffe College (Boston, MA) earning her B.A. in 1951.

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Radcliffe College - Boston - B.A - 1951

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Rich won the 1974 National Book Award for Diving Into the Wreck.

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1974 - National Book Award

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Rich refused the National Medal for the Arts in 1997 saying, "I could not accept such an award from President Clinton or this White House because the very meaning of art, as I understand it, is incompatible with the cynical politics of this administration."

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National Medal for the Arts - 1997

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In February of 2003, Rich, along with other poets, in protest of the Iraq War, refused to attend a White House symposium on "Poetry and the American Voice." http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/49/

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It was announced on March 18, 2005 that Rich had won the 2004 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry for School Among the Ruins.

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2004 - National Book Critics Circle Award

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