NATASHA TRETHEWEY
Name: Natasha Trethewey
Born: 26 April 1966
Natasha Trethewey (b. 1966) is an American poet, who won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize
in poetry for her 2006 collection "Native Guard."
Trethewey was born in Gulfport, Mississippi. She earned a B.A. in English from
the University of Georgia, an M.A. in poetry from Hollins University and an M.F.A.
in poetry from the University of Massachusetts. She is Phillis Wheatley
Distinguished Chair in Poetry at Emory University.
2007 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
2004 Fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation for residency at the Bellagio
Study Center
2003 Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
2001, 2003, 2007 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Book Prizes
2001, 2007 Lillian Smith Award for Poetry
2000 Bunting Fellowship for the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard
University
1999 First Annual Cave Canem Poetry Prize for Domestic Work, selected by Rita
Dove
1999 Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts
Name: Natasha Trethewey
Born: 26 April 1966
Natasha Trethewey (b. 1966) is an American poet, who won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize
in poetry for her 2006 collection "Native Guard."
Trethewey was born in Gulfport, Mississippi. She earned a B.A. in English from
the University of Georgia, an M.A. in poetry from Hollins University and an M.F.A.
in poetry from the University of Massachusetts. She is Phillis Wheatley
Distinguished Chair in Poetry at Emory University.
2007 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
2004 Fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation for residency at the Bellagio
Study Center
2003 Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
2001, 2003, 2007 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Book Prizes
2001, 2007 Lillian Smith Award for Poetry
2000 Bunting Fellowship for the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard
University
1999 First Annual Cave Canem Poetry Prize for Domestic Work, selected by Rita
Dove
1999 Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts