![]() ![]() In the 1950s, when she was in her 20s, Rich had several collections of poems published. Rich's work held a special place for many female readers who were looking for poems that related to their lives - and to many female poets looking for signs of encouragement. Rich, who went on to become one of the first widely published contemporary feminist poets, died Tuesday at her home in Santa Cruz, Calif. The young poet was a friend of Adrienne Rich, who used that story as an example of what female poets were up against in the 1950s and '60s, when she was first becoming established. ![]() ![]() "Women shouldn't write poems," he told her. Poet Adrienne Rich received several notable awards over the course of her career, including a MacArthur Fellowship, the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters and the Frost Medal.Ī young female poet was speaking to a male poet at a party. ![]()
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