Lucille Clifton
(b. 1936)

Lucille Clifton was born in Depew, New York. She often writes about the strength of the courageous black women who raised families during the harsh period of slavery and its aftermath. In addition to several books of poetry, Clifton has written a book titled Generations (1976), which contains anecdotes that celebrate the lives of her father and mother. She was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in poetry in 1980, 1987, and in 1991, and is a former Poet Laureate of Maryland. She went on to be a writing professor at Columbia University in the city of New York. In 1998, she was inducted into the National Literature Hall of Fame for African American Writers.

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