Lucille Clifton
June 27, 1936 – February 13, 2010
Countries:
USA
Place of Birth:
Depew, New York, USA
Place of Death:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Lucille Clifton (June 27, 1936 in Depew, New York – February 13, 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland) was an American poet, writer, and educator from Buffalo, New York. From 1979 to 1985 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland. Clifton was a finalist twice for the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.