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Donna Denizé is an American poet and award-winning teacher at St. Albans School, located in Washington, D.C. She has contributed widely to journals and magazines with essays and poetry, written books of collections of poetry, participated in development of professional training programs for teachers as well as programs for students of multiple public schools. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" St Albans School is an independent college preparatory school for boys in Washington D Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Some of her work has appeared in anthologies and magazines and she has contribited to some Corporation for Public Broadcasting print and video media. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB is a private non-profit corporation created by an act of the United States Congress and partially funded by the United States

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Background

Of Haitian-American descent,[1] and a native of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Denizé has lived in the Washington D. Cape Cod (or simply the Cape to most New Englanders is a Peninsula nearly coextensive with Barnstable County Massachusetts and forming the easternmost C. area since 1978.

Denizé holds an undergraduate degree from Stonehill College, where she was a student of Poet Laureate Robert Hayden, and an M. Stonehill College is a private Roman Catholic College located in North Easton, Massachusetts, United States founded in 1948 A Poet Laureate is a Poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for State occasions and other government events See Bob Hayden for the USA Hockey referee See Geek Code for the related Robert Hayden A. from Howard University in Renaissance Drama. Howard University is a private, Coeducational Nonsectarian University located in Washington D She has received grants from the Bread Loaf School of English (using the accommodation of Lincoln College at the University of Oxford), Johns Hopkins Summer Writing Program, the Humanities Council of Washington, DC, and the Folger Shakespeare Library. Lincoln College (in full The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints Lincoln) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the The Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research Library on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. In 1981 she participated in the World Order Magazine Commemorative Issue to Robert Hayden. See Bob Hayden for the USA Hockey referee See Geek Code for the related Robert Hayden [1]

Appointments, honors, invited contributions

In 1980 she served through appointment by Governor Charles Robb to The Virginia State Advisory Board on Vocational Education. Charles Spittal "Chuck" Robb (born June 26, 1939) is an American politician In 2003, she was awarded by Williams College the George Olmsted, Jr. Williams College is a highly selective private liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. , Class of 1924 Prize for Excellence in Secondary School Teaching,[2] and in 2004, she was appointed to the Board of Trustees of American Shakespeare Center, a national destination and resource for audiences, actors, students, scholars, and educators, based at the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Virginia. The American Shakespeare Center (ASC is a non-profit 501(c(3 corporation located in Staunton Virginia in the United States. The American Shakespeare Center (ASC is a non-profit 501(c(3 corporation located in Staunton Virginia in the United States. Staunton ( is an Independent city within the confines of Augusta County in the commonwealth of Virginia. She currently teaches literature at St. Albans School, where she teaches Shakespeare, American literature, and freshman English, serves as chair of the Faculty Diversity Committee and faculty advisor of the school's literary magazine and during the summer teaches in the Washington National Cathedral's summer program called Cathedral Scholars[1], an outreach program of academic enrichment which serves students from 15 different D. Washington National Cathedral, whose official name is the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul is a Cathedral of The Episcopal Church. C. public schools. She is a recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award from the White House Presidential Scholars Program. See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence The Presidential Scholars Program was established in 1964, by executive order of the President of the United States to recognize and honor some of the most distinguished [3]

Denizé has been invited/appointed to numerous workshops, panel discussions, readings and other responsabilities at:

Poetry and publications

Denizé's poetry has appeared in the book Hungry As We Are. Denizé published a selection of poems titled The Lover's Voice in 1997 (Hickory House Press) and Broken Like Job[7] ISBN 0915380609 in 2005 (The Word Works). She has also been a contributor to scholarly books and journals, including Shakespeare Set Free(ISBN 0743288505), Innisfree Journal of Poetry, Gargoyle Magazine's Gargoyle 49 CD,[8] and Orison. Gargoyle Magazine is a literary journal based in Washington D She has published essays like 'Use of Color in Selected Shakespearean Works' in Folger Shakespeare Library and 'A Scholar’s Journey: Reflections on W. The Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research Library on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. E. B. DuBois and the Power of Education' in Teacher’s Digest, an educational magazine from The Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Denizé has also contributed to programs of National Council of Teachers of English, National Endowment for the Humanities, Mobil Masterpiece Theatre, the Annenberg Foundation, and the Smithsonian Institution. The National Council of Teachers of English ( NCTE) is an American professional organization dedicated to "improving the teaching and learning of English and the The National Endowment for the Humanities ( NEH) is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Masterpiece (formerly known as Masterpiece Theatre) is a drama Anthology television series produced by WGBH Boston. The Annenberg Foundation, a charitable family trust was created on July 1, 1989 by media magnate and former Ambassador to the Court of St The Smithsonian Institution (smɪθsoʊnɪən is an educational and research institute and associated Museum complex administered and funded by the Government of

References

  1. ^ a b c Donna Denize's Bio
  2. ^ St. Albans Bulletin Article 2003: Summer Faculty News
  3. ^ Donna Denizé and Lesson Plan for Great Expectations for the Ninth grade.
  4. ^ Poet Laureate Donald Hall and Other Noted Poets to Be Featured in "The Poet and the Poem" Radio Series
  5. ^ Search of the Novel (see also Donna Denizé and Lesson Plan for Great Expectations)
  6. ^ Staff of the Kay Spiritual Life Center of American UniversityNote the Bahá'í Faith has no clergy, so this is an American University designation only - see for example Bahá'í apologetics
  7. ^ Two Women Authors from the Word Works Capital Collection: Donna Denizé and Judith McCombs
  8. ^ The Montserrat Review - Gargoyle #49 Produced by Richard Peabody, postproduction/sound by Zenon Slawinsky

External links

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