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Rita Dove was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama Feb. 13. Dove is a former poet laureate and graduated from Miami University in 1973. Keith Tuma is an English professor and Associate Dean for the College of Arts and Science as...
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 13: Poet and author Rita Dove (L) shares a moment before she is presented with a National Medal of Arts by U.S. President Barack Obama (R) during an East Room ceremony February 13, 2012 at the White House in Washington, DC. ... View Photo »
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ART WORKS: Poet Rita Dove discusses George Bridgetower, subject of book of poems, 'Sonata Mulattica'
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Rita Dove: George Bridgetower was a prodigy mixed race violinist who was born in 1780, lived full 80 years actually, and his claim to fame or the fame that was meant to be his and then wasn’t really, was that he had gone to Vienna as a young man in his...
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Rita Dove is the latest in a line of notables to win medals for excellence in arts and humanities. Sign up to get The Root's daily newsletter: Journal-isms: The cable news channel dropped the conservative commentator on Thursday. Blogging the Beltway:...
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English Prof. Rita Dove, Commonwealth Professor of English, received the 2011 National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House yesterday, along with 19 other honorees. The medal is the highest award given by the...
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US President Barack Obama presents 2011 National Medal of Arts and Humanities to poet and author Rita Dove during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2012. View Photo »
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The 71-year-old star of The Godfather and Scarface was among 17 poets, historians, groups and others honoured at a glittering White House ceremony for contributions to the arts or humanities. Former poet laureate Rita Dove, country music star Mel...
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President Obama saluted the 71-year-old's "signature intensity" as he gave the Godfather star the accolade. His fellow honorees on Monday included country singer Mel Tillis and Rita Dove, a former US poet laureate. All of those recognised had left "an...
About Rita Dove
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Rita Frances Dove (born August 28, 1952 in Akron, Ohio, USA) is an American poet and author. In 1987, she became the second African American poet to win the Pulitzer Prize (after Gwendolyn Brooks in 1950). From 1993 to 1995, she served as the second Black and the youngest Poet Laureate of the United States and Poetry Consultant to the Library of... Full Article
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US President Barack Obama presents 2011 National Medal of Arts and Humanities to poet and author Rita Dove during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2012.
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2011 National Medal of the Arts recipients, actor, Al Pacino, center, and poet and author Rita Dove, rear, leave the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, following the awards ceremony.
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President Barack Obama presents a 2011 National Medal of the Arts to poet and author Rita Dove, Monday, Feb. , 13, 2012, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington.
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US President Barack Obama presents 2011 National Medal of Arts and Humanities to poet and author Rita Dove during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2012.
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