Arts & LiteratureAmerican1950 – present
Jorie Graham
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Harvard professor
Biography
American poet and professor who is widely considered one of the most significant contemporary American poets. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1996 and teaches at Harvard University.
Quick Facts
Category
Arts & Literature
Nationality
American
Born
1950
Thinking about the name
Jorie
American origin
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