Camille Dungy facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Camille Dungy
Dungy at the 2018 U.S. National Book Festival
Born	Camille T. Dungy 1972 (age 52–53) Denver, Colorado, US
Occupation	Poet and academic
Education	Stanford University; University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Genre	Poetry

Camille T. Dungy (born 1972) is an American poet and professor. She writes amazing poems and essays, often about nature and history. She has won many awards for her writing and teaches at a university.

Meet Camille Dungy: Poet and Professor

Camille T. Dungy was born in Denver, Colorado. She went to Stanford University for her first degree. Later, she earned a special writing degree (called an MFA) from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.

As a professor, she teaches students how to write. She used to teach at San Francisco State University. Now, she is a professor in the English Department at Colorado State University.

Camille Dungy's Books and Writings

Camille Dungy has written several books. These include collections of her own poems and essays. She also helps edit books by other writers.

Her poetry books often explore themes of nature and history. Some of her well-known poetry collections are:

• Trophic Cascade (published in 2016)
• Smith Blue (published in 2011)
• Suck on the Marrow (published in 2010)
• What to Eat, What to Drink, What to Leave for Poison (published in 2006)

She also wrote a collection of essays called Guidebook to Relative Strangers (2017). Essays are non-fiction writings where an author shares their thoughts or experiences. Her more recent non-fiction book is Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden (2023).

Camille Dungy has also helped put together important books. She was the editor for Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry. This book collects poems about nature written by African American poets over many years. Her poems have also appeared in many literary magazines. These include The American Poetry Review and Poetry.

Awards and Honors for Camille Dungy

Camille Dungy has received many special awards and honors for her writing. These awards show how important and impactful her work is.

Some of her notable awards include:

• The American Book Award in 2011.
• A silver medal at the California Book Award in 2010.
• The Guggenheim Fellowship in 2019 for her poetry. This is a very respected award given to people who show exceptional ability in their fields.
• The Paul Engle Prize in 2024.

She has also received fellowships from groups like the National Endowment for the Arts. These fellowships provide support for artists to continue their important work.

Camille Dungy's Published Works

Here is a list of the books Camille Dungy has written or helped create.

Full-length Poetry Collections

These books are filled with her own poems.

• Trophic Cascade, Wesleyan University Press, 2016
• Smith Blue, Southern Illinois University Press, 2011
• Suck on the Marrow, Red Hen Press, 2010
• What to Eat, What to Drink, What to Leave for Poison, Red Hen Press, 2006

Non-Fiction Books

These books share true stories or ideas.

• Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden, Simon & Schuster, 2023
• Guidebook to Relative Strangers, W.W. Norton, 2017

Books She Edited

Camille Dungy helped choose and organize the poems in this book.

• Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry, University of Georgia Press, 2009

Anthologies Featuring Her Work

Her poems have been included in many collections with other poets.

• Lucille Lang Day and Ruth Nolan (eds.), Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of California. Scarlet Tanager Books, 2018
• Melissa Tuckey (ed.), Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology. University of Georgia Press, 2018
• Charles Rowell (ed.),Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry, New York: W. W. Norton, 2013
• Anne Fisher-Wirth and Laura-Gray Street (eds), The Ecopoetry Anthology, Trinity University Press, 2013. ISBN: 978-1595341464
• Joshua Corey and G. C. Waldrep (eds), The Arcadia Project, Ahsahta Press, 2012
• New California Writing. Heyday Books, 2012
• Emily Rosko and Anton VanderZee (eds), A Broken Thing: Poets on the Line. The University of Iowa Press, 2011
• Alison Deming and Lauret Savoy (eds), The Colors of Nature: Culture, Identity, and the Natural World. Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions, 2011
• Nikki Giovanni (ed.), The 100 Best African American Poems. Sourcebooks: 2010
• Julie Greicius and Elissa Bassist (eds), Rumpus Women, Vol. I, The Rumpus Book Club, 2010
• The Place That Inhabits Us: Poems from the San Francisco Bay Watershed. San Francisco, CA: Sixteen Rivers Press, 2010