Mark Doty

American poet and memoirist · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1953 · age 73

Mark Doty is an American poet and memoirist best known for his work My Alexandria. He was the winner of the National Book Award for Poetry in 2008.

Mark Doty is read about 27 times a day, in 10 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 12 June 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

A life in dates

2008National Book AwardAwardNational Book Award for PoetryAward1993National Book Critics Circle Award for PoetryAward1953Born10 August 1953

National Book Award2008

National Book Award for Poetry2008

National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry1993

Guggenheim Fellowship

Lambda Literary Award

Country

United States