Ralph Salisbury, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRalph Salisbury
American poet
Date of Birth: 24-Jan-1926
Date of Death: 09-Oct-2017
Profession: poet
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Ralph Salisbury
- Ralph Salisbury (January 24, 1926 - October 9, 2017) was an American poet of Cherokee, Shawnee, Irish and English heritage.
- His poem "In the Children's Museum in Nashville" was published in The New Yorker in 1960, making him one of the first Native American poets to receive national attention.
- His autobiography So Far So Good won the 2012 River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize.
- His book Light from a Bullet Hole: Poems New and Selected was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1999.
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