Rita Dove, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Rita Dove

American poet and author

Date of Birth: 28-Aug-1952

Place of Birth: Akron, Ohio, United States

Profession: writer, poet, professor, essayist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Rita Frances Dove (born August 28, 1952) is an American poet and essayist.
From 1993 to 1995, she served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress.
She is the first African American to have been appointed since the position was created by an act of Congress in 1986 from the previous "consultant in poetry" position (1937–86).
Dove also received an appointment as "special consultant in poetry" for the Library of Congress's bicentennial year from 1999 to 2000.
Dove is the second African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, in 1987, and she served as the Poet Laureate of Virginia from 2004 to 2006.