Lucille Clifton

Lucille Clifton (1936 – 2010) was a prolific American poet and children’s writer from Buffalo, New York who was discovered as a poet by Langston Hughes. Her work focuses particularly on African-American experience and family life. The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton was published by BOA Editions in 2012. In 2010, she was awarded the Robert Frost Medal for lifetime achievement by the Poetry Society of America.