Английская Википедия:Dolores Kendrick
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox writer Dolores Kendrick (September 7, 1927 – November 7, 2017) was an American poet, and served as the second Poet Laureate of the District of Columbia.[1][2] Her book The Women of Plums: Poems in the Voices of Slave Women won the Anisfield-Wolf Award.[3]
Biography
Dolores Teresa Kendrick was born on September 7, 1927, in Washington, DC. to parents Josephine, a musician and teacher, and Robert "Ike", founder and publisher of the Capitol Spotlight. She grew up in the LeDroit Park neighborhood near Howard University. [4] She attended Dunbar High School where she began writing poetry, and went on to Miners Teachers College to study English. She earned a master's degree in linguistics from Georgetown University in 1970 as part of the Experienced Teacher Fellowship Program.[5] She designed the humanities curriculum for D.C.'s School Without Walls.[6] In 1963 she received a Fulbright exchange in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Kendrick was a Vira I. Heinz Professor Emerita at Phillips Exeter Academy.[7]
She adapted The Women of Plums for the theater, which won the 1997 New York New Playwrights Award.[8]
She adapted The Women of Plums into a CD, The Color of Dusk, with Wall Matthews and Aleta Greene.[9]
Kendrick died at her Washington, D.C. home on November 7, 2017, aged 90, from complications of cancer.[10]
Works
- Through the Ceiling, Paul Breman Limited, 1975
- Now Is the Thing to Praise, Lotus Press, 1984, Шаблон:ISBN
- The Women of Plums: Poems in the Voices of Slave Women, Phillips Exeter Academy Press, 1990, Шаблон:ISBN
- Why the woman is singing on the corner: a verse narrative, Peter E. Randall Publisher, 2001, Шаблон:ISBN
Awards and honors
- 1963: Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program, Belfast, Northern Ireland[11]
- 1965: Deep South Writers' Award for narrative poem "Freddie"[11]
- 1967: Visiting Master, 'Iolani School, Honolulu, Hawai'i[12]
- 1981: Poet-in-Residence at Holy Cross College, Worcester, Massachusetts[11]
- 1988: Creative Writing Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts[13]
- 1990: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for The Women of Plums[14]
- 1997: New York New Playwrights Award for her stage adaptation of The Women of Plums[8]
- 1999: Named Poet Laureate of the District of Columbia[15]
- 2005: Inducted into the Washington, D.C. Hall of Fame in the cultural arts category[16]
References
External links
- Шаблон:Cite news
- "The 3-minute interview: Dolores Kendrick", The Washington Examiner, Scott McCabe, January 31, 2008
- A Poem for Mom, Set to Her Favorite Opera, NPR, May 9, 2005
- "Review: Dolores Kendrick's The Women of Plums: Poems in the Voices of Slave Women (William Morrow Company, Inc. 1989)"
- "Poetry of Levine & Kendrick". The Library of Congress Webcasts.
Шаблон:Authority control Шаблон:DC California Poets Laureate
- ↑ "Dolores Kendrick", Smithsonian, Anacostia Community Museum Шаблон:Webarchive, Anacostia.si.edu; accessed November 11, 2017.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ The 78th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, Anisfield-wolf.org; accessed November 11, 2017.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite archive
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Dolores Kendrick page, KorePress.org; accessed November 11, 2017.
- ↑ 8,0 8,1 Dolores Kendrick biography, Bowzerbird.com; accessed November 11, 2017.
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