Sharon Olds
Sharon Olds | |
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Olds in 2015 | |
| Born | November 19, 1942 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Education | Stanford University (BA) Columbia University (MA, PhD) |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Spouse |
David Douglas Olds
(m. 1969–1997) |
| Partner | Carl Wallman |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, T. S. Eliot Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award |
| Website | sharonolds |
Sharon Olds (born November 19, 1942) is an American poet. She won the first San Francisco Poetry Center Award in 1980, the 1984 National Book Critics Circle Award, and the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She teaches creative writing at New York University and is a previous director of the Creative Writing Program at NYU.