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Lucille Clifton (June 27, 1936 in Depew, New York – February 13, 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland) was an American poet, writer, and educator from Buffalo, New York.〔Obituary ''New York Times'', February 17, 2010.〕〔Obituary ''Washington Post'', February 21, 2010.〕〔Obituary ''Los Angeles Times'', February 21, 2010.〕 From 1979 to 1985 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland. Clifton was nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.〔http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124113507〕 ==Life and career== Lucille Clifton (born Thelma Lucille Sayles, in Depew, New York)〔Elizabeth Alexander, ("Remembering Lucille Clifton" ), ''The New Yorker'', February 17, 2010.〕 grew up in Buffalo, New York, and graduated from Fosdick-Masten Park High School in 1953.〔 With a scholarship she attended Howard University from 1953 to 1955, leaving to study at the State University of New York at Fredonia (near Buffalo).〔''73 Poems for 73 Years'', Hilary Holladay, James Madison University, September 21, 2010, p. 48.〕 In 1958, Lucille Sayles married Fred James Clifton, a professor of philosophy at the University of Buffalo, and a sculptor whose carvings depicted African faces. Lucille worked as a claims clerk in the New York State Division of Employment, Buffalo (1958–60), and as literature assistant in the Office of Education in Washington, D.C. (1960–71). Writer Ishmael Reed introduced Lucille to Clifton while he was organizing the Buffalo Community Drama Workshop. Fred and Lucille Clifton starred in the group's version of ''The Glass Menagerie'', which was called "poetic and sensitive" by the ''Buffalo Evening News''. In 1966, Reed took some of Clifton's poems to Langston Hughes, who included them in his anthology ''The Poetry of the Negro''. In 1967, the Cliftons moved to Baltimore, Maryland.〔 Her first poetry collection, ''Good Times'', was published in 1969, and listed by ''The New York Times'' as one of the year's ten best books. From 1971 to 1974, Clifton was poet-in-residence at Coppin State College in Baltimore. From 1979 to 1985, she was Poet Laureate of the state of Maryland.〔("Maryland Poets Laureate" ), webpage of (Maryland State Archives ), retrieved May 27, 2007.〕 From 1982 to 1983, she was visiting writer at the Columbia University School of the Arts and at George Washington University. In 1984, her husband died of cancer.〔 From 1985 to 1989, Clifton was a professor of literature and creative writing at the University of California, Santa Cruz.〔Maryland State Archives and Maryland Commission for Women. ("Lucille Clifton, Maryland Women's Hall of Fame" ), webpage from the (Maryland Women's Hall of Fame ) retrieved May 28, 2007.〕 She was Distinguished Professor of Humanities at St. Mary's College of Maryland. From 1995 to 1999, she was a visiting professor at Columbia University. In 2006, she was a fellow at Dartmouth College. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lucille Clifton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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