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Tracy K. Smith | |
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.jpeg) Smith in 2017 | |
| Born | April 16, 1972 Falmouth, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) Columbia University (MFA) |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, educator |
| Title | Poet Laureate of the United States |
| Awards | Cave Canem Prize (2002) James Laughlin Award (2006) Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (2012) |
| Website | tracyksmithpoet |
Tracy K. Smith (born April 16, 1972) is an American poet and educator. She served as the 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States from 2017 to 2019.[1] She has published five collections of poetry, winning the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her 2011 collection Life on Mars.[2][3] Her memoir, Ordinary Light, was published in 2015.
In April 2018, she was nominated for a second term as United States Poet Laureate by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.[4][5]
In 2023, Smith was elected to the American Philosophical Society.[6]
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