Kay Ryan was born on September 21,1945 and is an American poet and educator.
11 Facts About Kay Ryan
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Kay Ryan has published seven volumes of poetry and an anthology of selected and new poems.
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Kay Ryan became widely recognized following her receipt of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize in 2004, and published her sixth collection of poetry, The Niagara River, in 2005.
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In July 2008, the US Library of Congress announced that Kay Ryan would be the sixteenth United States Poet Laureate for a one-year term commencing in Autumn 2008.
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Kay Ryan is a lesbian, and was the first openly lesbian United States Poet Laureate.
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Kay Ryan is a serious poet writing serious poems, and she resides on a serious planet.
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Kay Ryan is known for her extensive use of internal rhyme.
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Kay Ryan's awards include a 1995 award from the Ingram Merrill Foundation, the 2000 Union League Poetry Prize, the 2001 Maurice English Poetry Award for her collection Say Uncle, a fellowship in 2001 from the National Endowment for the Arts, a 2004 Guggenheim Fellowship, and the 2004 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.
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Since 2006, Kay Ryan has served as one of fourteen Chancellors of The Academy of American Poets.
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On January 22,2011, Kay Ryan was listed as a finalist for a 2011 National Book Critics Circle Award.
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On September 20,2011, Ryan was awarded a John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, or "genius grant".