Ellen bryant voigt biography
Ellen bryant voigt collected poems.
Ellen Bryant Voigt
American poet
Ellen Bryant Voigt (born May 9, 1943) is an American poet.
Ellen bryant voigt biography
She served as the Poet Laureate of Vermont.
Biography
Voigt was born May 9, 1943, in Danville, Virginia. She grew up in Chatham, Virginia, graduated from Converse College,[1] and received an M.F.A.
from the University of Iowa. She has taught at M.I.T.
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and Goddard College where in 1976 she developed and directed the nation's first low-residency M.F.A. in Creative Writing program. Since 1981 she has taught in the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers.[2]
She has published six collections of poetry and a collection of craft essays.
Her poetry collection Shadow of Heaven (2002) was a finalist for the National Book Award and Kyrie (1995) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her collection Messenger[3](2008) was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.[4] Her poetry has been published in several national publications.