Ellen Bryant Voigt
Ellen Bryant Voigt was born in Chatham in Virginia, USA, and lives in Vermont. A teacher and writer, Voigt is the author of eight collections of poetry, including Messenger: New and Selected Poems, 1976–2006, which was a finalist for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize, and two collections of essays on the craft of poetry. In 2015, she was awarded a MacArthur Foundation fellowship.