Carolyn Forché

Carolyn Forché
Forché announcing the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award finalists in poetry
Born (1950-04-28) April 28, 1950
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation
  • Poet
  • columnist
  • essayist
  • lyricist
EducationMichigan State University (BA)
Bowling Green State University (MFA)
Notable worksGathering the Tribes (1976); The Country Between Us (1981); What You Have Heard Is True (2019)
Notable awardsWindham–Campbell Prize
Spouse
(m. 1984)

Carolyn Forché (born April 28, 1950) is an American poet, editor, professor, translator, and human rights advocate. She has received many awards for her literary work.