1940 - 2022
Kelly Cherry American Writer
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Details
| First Name |
Kelly
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| Last Name |
Cherry
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| Birthday |
21st December, 1940
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| Birthplace |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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| Died |
18th March, 2022
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| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Poet, author, essayist
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| Occupation |
Writer
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Kelly Cherry (December 21, 1940 – March 18, 2022) was a novelist, poet, essayist, professor, and literary critic and a former Poet Laureate of Virginia (2010–2012). She was the author of more than 30 books, including the poetry collections Songs for a Soviet Composer, Death and Transfiguration, Rising Venus and The Retreats of Thought. Her short fiction was reprinted in The Best American Short Stories, Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards, The Pushcart Prize, and New Stories from the South, and won a number of awards.