Shane McCrae, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Shane McCrae

American writer

Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1975

Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon, United States

Profession: poet

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Shane McCrae (born September 22, 1975, Portland, Oregon) is an American poet. McCrae was the recipient of a 2011 Whiting Award, and in 2012 his collection Mule was a finalist for the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and a PEN Center USA Literary Award.
In 2013, McCrae received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
He received a Lannan Literary Award in 2017, in 2018 his collection In the Language of My Captor won an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and in 2019 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.His poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Best American Poetry, American Poetry Review, African American Review, Fence, and AGNI.