Ms.
Sharon Olds
New York University
Writer (poet); Educator
Area
Humanities and Arts
Specialty
Literature
Elected
2004
Poet. Professor of English. Author of numerous collections of poetry. Winner of the National Book Critic's Circle Award for The Dead and the Living. New York State Poet. Established the Writing Program at Goldwater Hospital, which brings young poets into the hospital to help severely disabled patients in their writing.
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