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Rose Mary Prosen
Slovene-American poet and essayist
Rose Mary Prosen (November 5, 1931:–:July 17, 2008) was a Slovene-American poet and essayist.
Contents
- 1 Life
- 2 Works
- 3 Awards
- 4 References
Life
Prosen was born to Slovene parents who emigrated to Newburgh, Ohio, a village that was annexed by the city of Cleveland, from Lower Carniola, present-day Slovenia. She worked as professor of English at the Cuyahoga Community College at Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
Works
As an essayist she published several articles, including the 1974 "Ethnic Literature" -- Of Whom and for Whom. She also published four collections of poetry, the 1971 Poems, 1976 O The Ravages, and two collections in 1980, Apples and Thank You Michelangelo.
Awards
Her short memoir Looking Back: Newburgh won the first prize for the 1976 Growing Up Slavic in America compe*ion.