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Vievee Francis
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Francis at the 2023 Texas Book Festival
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| 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 is an American poet. She teaches English and creative writing at Dartmouth College. She earned a special degree called an MFA from the University of Michigan in 2009. The same year, she received a Rona Jaffe Award.
Vievee Francis has written three books of poems. Her third book, Forest Primeval, won two big awards. It received the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for poetry in 2016. In 2017, it won the Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Award.
About Vievee Francis's Life
Vievee Francis was born in San Angelo, Texas. She lived in Detroit, Michigan, for 15 years. While there, she helped create a place for young people and adults to share their poetry.
Later, she moved to Swannanoa, North Carolina. She taught at Warren Wilson College and North Carolina State University. After that, she became a professor at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Vievee Francis is married to another poet, Matthew Olzmann.
Her Work as a Writer and Teacher
Vievee Francis is a professor at Dartmouth College. She teaches in the English and Creative Writing department. She also continues to write her own poetry.
She is an associate editor for Callaloo. This is an important journal about African American and African Diaspora arts and letters. Before joining Dartmouth, she taught writing and poetry at North Carolina State University and other colleges.
Awards and Recognition
Vievee Francis has received several important awards for her poetry. In 2021, The Sewanee Review gave her the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry.
Don Share, who edits Poetry magazine, praised her book Forest Primeval. He said it was "an intense work" and "dreamlike." He also mentioned that Francis is bringing back important styles of poetry.
