Sharon Olds
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Sharon Olds (born November 19, 1942) is an American poet. Olds won the first San Francisco Poetry Center Award in 1980,[1] the 1984 National Book Critics Circle Award,[2] and the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.[3] She teaches creative writing at New York University and is a previous director of the Creative Writing Program at NYU.[4]
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Sharon Olds | |
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![]() Sharon Olds in Ezra Pound's birth house, Hailey, Idaho | |
Born | Sharon Stuart Cobb (1942-11-19) November 19, 1942 (age 81) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Education | Stanford University (BA) Columbia University (MA, PhD) |
Occupation | Poet |
Spouse |
David Douglas Olds
(m. 1969–1997) |
Partner | Carl Wallman |
Children | 2 |
Awards | Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, T. S. Eliot Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award |
Website | www |
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