Carolyn Forché was born in Detroit, Michigan on April 28, 1950. She is a poet, teacher, activist, translator, teacher, political poet, human rights advocate. She calls herself a "poet of witness" because she "... has witnessed, thought about, and put into poetry some of the most devastating events of the twentieth-century world history." (Poetry foundation) She advocates the importance of human rights within her poems. Carolyn Forché has won many awards and grants and is currently "...director of the Lannan Center for Poetry and Poetics and holds the Lannan Chair in Poetry at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C." (poet.org)
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Brunner, Eric. "Carolyn Forché's Life and Career." Modern American Poetry. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Sept. 2017. <http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/forche/life.htm>.
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<https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/carolyn-forche>.
"Carolyn Forché." Poets.org. Academy of American Poets, 29 Apr. 2016. Web. 24 Sept. 2017.
<https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/carolyn-forch%C3%A9>.
Sources Cited:
Brunner, Eric. "Carolyn Forché's Life and Career." Modern American Poetry. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Sept. 2017. <http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/forche/life.htm>.
"Carolyn Forché." Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation, n.d. Web. 24 Sept. 2017.
<https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/carolyn-forche>.
"Carolyn Forché." Poets.org. Academy of American Poets, 29 Apr. 2016. Web. 24 Sept. 2017.
<https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/carolyn-forch%C3%A9>.
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