Field-Of-Study: Poetry

Meena Alexander was born in Allahabad, India, and raised in India and Sudan.  When she was eighteen she went to study in England.  Her volumes of poetry include the collections Illiterate Heart (2002), which won the PEN Open Book Award, Raw Silk (2004), and Quickly Changing River (2008).  She is the editor of Indian Love Poems (2005). 

As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1933–34: AIKEN, CONRAD:  Appointed for creative writing, abroad; tenure, twelve months from April 21, 1934. Born August 5, 1889, at Savannah, Georgia. Education: Harvard University, A.B., 1912. Instructor in English, 1927–28, Harvard Unive

As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1928: Adams, Léonie:  Appointed to do creative writing in poetry, and to translate the lyrics of François Villon, chiefly in Paris; tenure, twelve months from July 1, 1927.  Born December 9, 1899, at Brooklyn, New York. Educa