Sharon Olds

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American poet human poet

Sharon Olds is an American poet known for her candid, emotionally intense, and often autobiographical verse that explores family, sexuality, and trauma.

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instanceOf American poet ⓘ
human ⓘ
poet ⓘ
alive true ⓘ
awardReceived Lamont Poetry Prize ⓘ
National Book Critics Circle Award ⓘ
surface form: National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry ⓘ
San Francisco Poetry Center Award ⓘ
T. S. Eliot Prize ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1942-11-19 ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia University ⓘ
Stanford University ⓘ
employer New York University ⓘ
familyName Olds ⓘ
fieldOfWork poetry ⓘ
genre autobiographical poetry ⓘ
confessional poetry ⓘ
givenName Sharon ⓘ
hasWebsite https://sharonolds.net/ ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mainTheme family ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
parenthood ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
trauma ⓘ
memberOf Academy of American Poets ⓘ
movement contemporary American poetry ⓘ
name Sharon Olds self-link ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableStudent Maggie Nelson ⓘ
notableWork Odes ⓘ
One Secret Thing ⓘ
Stag’s Leap ⓘ
The Dead and the Living ⓘ
The Father ⓘ
The Gold Cell ⓘ
The Wellspring ⓘ
occupation poet ⓘ
professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
positionHeld director of the Creative Writing Program at New York University ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
sexOrGender female ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ
writingStyle autobiographical ⓘ
candid ⓘ
emotionally intense ⓘ

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