Lucille Clifton
1936 - 2010
General Information
Bio
(1936-2010) Poet. Lucille Clifton was born in Depew, New York, and died in Baltimore, Maryland.
Full Name
Lucille Clifton
Locations
Erie
Author's Timeline
Unknown
RESIDENCE
As a child, Ms. Clifton lived in Buffalo, New York.
1936
BIRTH
Lucille Clifton was born Thelma Lucille Sayles in Depew, New York, on June 27, 1936.
1953
OTHER
Ms. Clifton graduated from Fosdick-Masten Park High School in Buffalo, New York, in 1953.
1955
OTHER
Ms. Clifton attended Fredonia State Teachers College in Fredonia, New York, in 1955.
1958
OTHER
Ms. Clifton worked in the New York State Division of Employment in Buffalo, New York from 1958 to 1960.
1969
LITWORK
Good Times
New York: Random House
Collection of poetry.
New York: Random House
Collection of poetry.
1976
LITWORK
Generations: A Memoir
New York: Random House
039446155X ISBN-13: 978-0394461557
Memoir.
New York: Random House
039446155X ISBN-13: 978-0394461557
Memoir.
1980
LITWORK
Two-Headed Woman
University of Massachusetts Press
0870233106 ISBN-13: 978-0870233104
Collection of poetry.
University of Massachusetts Press
0870233106 ISBN-13: 978-0870233104
Collection of poetry.
1987
LITWORK
Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir, 1969-1980
BOA Editions Ltd.
0918526590 ISBN-13: 978-0918526595
Collection of poetry.
BOA Editions Ltd.
0918526590 ISBN-13: 978-0918526595
Collection of poetry.
1991
LITWORK
Quilting: Poems, 1987-1990
BOA Editions, Ltd.
0918526809 ISBN-13: 978-0918526809
Collection of poetry.
BOA Editions, Ltd.
0918526809 ISBN-13: 978-0918526809
Collection of poetry.
1992
LITWORK
The Book of Light
Copper Canyon Press
1556590520 ISBN-13: 978-1556590528
Collection of poetry.
Copper Canyon Press
1556590520 ISBN-13: 978-1556590528
Collection of poetry.
1995
OTHER
Ms. Clifton was Visiting Professor at Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, from 1995 to 1999.
1996
LITWORK
The Terrible Stories
Brockport, New York: BOA Editions, Ltd.
1880238365 ISBN-13: 978-1880238363
Collection of poetry.
Brockport, New York: BOA Editions, Ltd.
1880238365 ISBN-13: 978-1880238363
Collection of poetry.
2000
LITWORK
Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems, 1988-2000
BOA Editions, Ltd.
188023887X ISBN-13: 978-1880238875
Collection of poetry; winner of a National Book Award in 2000.
BOA Editions, Ltd.
188023887X ISBN-13: 978-1880238875
Collection of poetry; winner of a National Book Award in 2000.
2004
LITWORK
Mercy
Rochester, New York: BOA Editions, Ltd.
1929918542 ISBN-13: 978-1929918546
Collection of poetry.
Rochester, New York: BOA Editions, Ltd.
1929918542 ISBN-13: 978-1929918546
Collection of poetry.
2008
LITWORK
Voices
Rochester, New York: BOA Editions, Ltd.
1934414115 ISBN-13: 978-1934414118
Collection of poetry.
Rochester, New York: BOA Editions, Ltd.
1934414115 ISBN-13: 978-1934414118
Collection of poetry.
2010
DEATH
Lucille Clifton died in Baltimore, Maryland, on February 13, 2010.
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