The celebrated poet Adrienne Rich has died in Santa Cruz, California. She was 84.
Rich was one of America’s most famous poets, winning many awards including the following:
- Yale Younger Poet (1951)
- Guggenheim Fellowship (1952)
- National Institute of Arts and Letters Award (1960)
- Shelley Memorial Award (1970)
- National Book Award for Poetry (1974, a split award) for Diving into the Wreck
- Inaugural Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize (1986)
- Frost Medal (1992)
- Academy of American Poets Fellowship (1992)
- MacArthur Fellowship (1994)
- Wallace Stevens Award (1996)
- Lifetime Achievement Award from the Lannan Foundation (1999)
- National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (2006)
- Lifetime Recognition Award from the Griffin Poetry Prize (2010)
We will miss her.
