Vievee Francis
Vievee Francis  | |
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Francis at the 2023 Texas Book Festival  | |
| Born | December 31st, 1963 Texas, U.S. | 
| Education | Fisk University University of Michigan  | 
| Notable awards | Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards, Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award | 
| Spouse | Matthew Olzmann | 
Vievee Elaure Francis (/vaɪˈviː/) is an American poet. She is an associate professor of English and Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. She earned an MFA from the University of Michigan in 2009, and she received a Rona Jaffe Award the same year. Vievee is the author of three collections of the poetry, the third of which, Forest Primeval, won the 2016 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for poetry and the 2017 Kingsley Tufts (Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards) poetry award.