(born 1952), US poet and novelist. The youngest poet and the first African-American woman to hold the post of poet laureate of the US (1993–95), her work includes the Pulitzer Prize–winning book of poems Thomas and Beulah (1986) and the novel Through the Ivory Gate (1992).
Definition of Dove, Rita in US English:
Dove, Rita
proper noundōv
(born 1952), US poet and novelist. The youngest poet and the first African-American woman to hold the post of poet laureate of the US (1993–95), her work includes the Pulitzer Prize–winning book of poems Thomas and Beulah (1986) and the novel Through the Ivory Gate (1992).