Natasha Trethewey is an American poet born on April 26, 1966 in Mississippi. She has achieved great success in her career, and her net worth, biography, age, height, and family are all well-known. She has won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and continues to be a major influence in the literary world.
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American poet who was appointed United States Poet Laureate in 2012. She received the Pulitzer Prize for a 2006 poetry collection entitled Native Guard; her other works include Bellocq's Ophelia and Thrall.
She earned her bachelor's degree in English from the University of Georgia and went on to obtain a master's degree in English and Creative Writing from Hollins University (in Virginia).
She served as director of the Emory University Creative Writing Program.
Her father, Eric Trethewey, also had a career as a poet. Her mother, Gwendolyn Ann Turnbough, was murdered in 1985.
She succeeded Philip Levine as United States Poet Laureate.
