Tracy K. Smith

American poet · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1972 · age 54

Tracy K. Smith is an American poet and educator. She served as the 22nd poet laureate of the United States from 2017 to 2019. She has published five collections of poetry, winning the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her 2011 collection Life on Mars. Her memoir, Ordinary Light, was published in 2015.

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2024Guggenheim FellowshipAward2022Golden Plate AwardAward2018Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardsAward2014Fellowship of the Academy of American PoetsAward2012Pulitzer Prize for PoetryAward1972Born16 April 1972