Rose Mary Prosen

Rose Mary Prosen
Rose Mary Prosen
Born	November 5, 1931; Newburgh, Ohio, United States
Died	July 17, 2008 (aged 76); Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Occupation	Author, poet

Rose Mary Prosen (November 5, 1931 – July 17, 2008) was a Slovene-American poet and essayist.

Life

Prosen was born to Slovene parents who emigrated from Lower Carniola in present-day Slovenia to Newburgh, Ohio, a village annexed by the city of Cleveland. 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.^[1] She also published four collections of poetry, the 1971 Poems, 1976 O The Ravages, and two collections in 1980, Apples and Thank You Michelangelo.^[2]

Awards

Prosen won the 1975 Hart Crane Memorial Poetry Prize.^[3]

Her short memoir Looking Back: Newburgh won the first prize for the 1976 Growing Up Slavic in America competition.^[4]

References

↑ Rose Mary Prosen (1974) "Ethnic Literature" – Of Whom and for Whom; Digressions of a Neo-American Teacher, College English, Vol. 35, No. 6, pp.659–669
↑ Petrič, Jerneja (1992) A Poet in Search of Her Roots, Slovene Studies, 1412.
↑ (1976, January 28). Plain Dealer, p. 3. Available from NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers: https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-NB&docref=image/v2%3A122AFBBA107AC9E4%40EANX-NB-12FAAF65267BB646%402442806-12FA613692656F3F%402-12FA613692656F3F%40.
↑ In: G.E. Gobetz; A.Donchenko, Eds. (1977) Anthology of Slovenian American Literature, Slovenian Research Center of America, Willoughby Hills, Ohio.

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[1] Rose Mary Prosen (1974) "Ethnic Literature" – Of Whom and for Whom; Digressions of a Neo-American Teacher, College English, Vol. 35, No. 6, pp.659–669

[2] Petrič, Jerneja (1992) A Poet in Search of Her Roots, Slovene Studies, 1412.

[3] (1976, January 28). Plain Dealer, p. 3. Available from NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers: https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-NB&docref=image/v2%3A122AFBBA107AC9E4%40EANX-NB-12FAAF65267BB646%402442806-12FA613692656F3F%402-12FA613692656F3F%40.

[4] In: G.E. Gobetz; A.Donchenko, Eds. (1977) Anthology of Slovenian American Literature, Slovenian Research Center of America, Willoughby Hills, Ohio.

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Rose Mary Prosen
Born	(1931-11-05)November 5, 1931 Newburgh, Ohio, United States
Died	July 17, 2008(2008-07-17) (aged 76) Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Occupation	Author, poet