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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 writes beautiful poems and teaches at Dartmouth College. She studied writing at the University of Michigan. In 2009, she won a special award called the Rona Jaffe Award.
Vievee has written three books of poetry. Her book Forest Primeval won two big awards: the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in 2016 and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award in 2017.
About Vievee Francis
Vievee Francis was born in San Angelo, Texas. She lived and worked in Detroit, Michigan, for 15 years. While there, she helped create a strong community for young poets and adults who loved poetry.
Later, she moved to Swannanoa, North Carolina. She taught at Warren Wilson College and North Carolina State University. After that, she joined Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, where she became a tenured professor. Vievee Francis is married to another poet, Matthew Olzmann. He is also from Detroit.
Vievee Francis's Career
Vievee Francis is a professor in the English and Creative Writing department at Dartmouth College. She continues to write poetry there. She is also an editor for Callaloo. This is an important journal that features art and writing from African American and African Diaspora artists. Before working at Dartmouth, she taught writing and poetry at several other colleges, including North Carolina State University.
Awards and Recognition
Vievee Francis has received many important awards for her poetry. In 2021, The Sewanee Review announced that she won the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry.
Don Share, who was an editor for Poetry magazine, praised her book Forest Primeval. He said it was a very strong and deep work. He also mentioned that Francis is bringing back important styles of poetry from the past. He felt it took great courage for her to do this.
