Natasha Trethewey

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Natasha Trethewey is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American poet and former U.S. Poet Laureate known for exploring themes of memory, race, and the American South.

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instanceOf Pulitzer Prize winner
human
poet
professor
awardReceived Guggenheim Fellowship
Lannan Literary Award for Poetry NERFINISHED
Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award NERFINISHED
NEA Fellowship NERFINISHED
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1966-04-26
educatedAt Hollins University NERFINISHED
University of Georgia NERFINISHED
University of Massachusetts Amherst NERFINISHED
employer Emory University NERFINISHED
Northwestern University NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African Americans

European Americans NERFINISHED
familyName Trethewey NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork African American literature NERFINISHED
Southern literature
contemporary American poetry
genre poetry
givenName Natasha NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
name Natasha Trethewey NERFINISHED
notableWork Bellocq’s Ophelia NERFINISHED
Domestic Work NERFINISHED
Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir NERFINISHED
Monument: Poems New and Selected NERFINISHED
Native Guard NERFINISHED
Thrall NERFINISHED
occupation poet
university professor
writer
parent Eric Trethewey NERFINISHED
Gwendolyn Ann Turnbough NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Gulfport, Mississippi, United States NERFINISHED
positionHeld Poet Laureate of Mississippi NERFINISHED
United States Poet Laureate NERFINISHED
residence Evanston, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED
writingTheme American South NERFINISHED
Civil War memory
history
memory
mixed-race identity
race

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