Date of Birth | 08-November-1970 | |
Place of Birth |
Lincoln (Nebraska, United States of America, Area codes 402 and 531, Area code 402, Area code 531) |
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Nationality | United States of America | |
Profession | Teacher, Poet | |
Kevin Young is an American poet and teacher of poetry. Young graduated from Harvard College in 1992, held a Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University, and received his Master of Fine Arts from Brown University. While in Boston and Providence, he was part of the African-American poetry group, The Dark Room Collective. He is heavily influenced by the poets Langston Hughes, John Berryman, and Emily Dickinson and by the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. |
Awards by Kevin Young |
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Check all the awards nominated and won by Kevin Young. | ||||||||
2007
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2003
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