Adrienne Rich: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Adrienne Cecile Rich
Born	May 16, 1929 • Baltimore • Maryland
Died	March 27, 2012 (aged 82) • Santa Cruz • California
Awards And Honors	National Book Award • Bollingen Prize (2003)
Notable Works	“A Change of World” • “Diving into the Wreck: Poems 1971-1972” • “Leaflets: Poems 1965-1968” • “Necessities of Life: Poems 1962-1965” • “Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution” • Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize • “Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law 1954-1962” • “Telephone Ringing in the Labyrinth” • “The Diamond Cutters and Other Poems” • “The Dream of a Common Language: Poems 1974–1977” • “Tonight No Poetry Will Serve”