Donald Rodney Justice | |
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| Born | August 12, 1925 Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Died | August 6, 2004 (aged 78) Iowa City, Iowa, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Genre | Poetry, prose |
| Literary movement | Formalism |
| Notable works | Selected Poems |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1980) |
Donald Rodney Justice (August 12, 1925 – August 6, 2004) was an American poet and teacher of writing. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1980.
Justice got a B.A. in English literature from the University of Miami. He also later studied at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Stanford University, and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He taught at the University of Iowa, Syracuse University, Princeton University, and the University of Florida-Gainesville.
Selected Poems won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1980.
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