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Ralph Salisbury was born on 24 January, 1926 in United States, is an American poet. Discover Ralph Salisbury's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 91 years old?

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Occupation Poet, Writer, Editor, Professor
Age 91 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 24 January, 1926
Birthday 24 January
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Date of death 9 October, 2017
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Nationality United States

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His wife is Ingrid Wendt

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Ralph Salisbury Net Worth

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1926

Ralph James Salisbury (January 24, 1926 - October 9, 2017) was an American poet.

Ralph Salisbury was born in 1926 on a farm in Fayette County in northeast Iowa to an Irish American mother and a father he claimed had English, Cherokee, and Shawnee ancestry, who raised him on a farm with no electricity or running water.

Although he identified as Native American, he was not enrolled in any Nation nation.

He survived a lightning strike at the age of 15.

A year after graduating from Aurora (Iowa) High School at age 16, he enlisted in the Air Force and was trained as an aerial gunman, completing his training within days of the end of World War Two.

The G.I Bill enabled him to enroll in the North Iowa Teachers College and, later, the University of Iowa, where he studied with Robert Lowell and earned a MFA degree.

1960

His poem "In the Children's Museum in Nashville" was published in The New Yorker in 1960, making him one of the first self-identified Native American poets to receive national attention.

1995

Poesie Da Un Retaggio Cherokee, Multimedia Edizioni, Salerno, Italy 1995, Tr.

Prof. Fedora Giordano.

2009

His book Light from a Bullet Hole: Poems New and Selected was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 2009.

2012

His autobiography So Far, So Good won the 2012 River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize.

2017

Salisbury died peacefully on October 9, 2017.

He was survived by his wife, Ingrid Wendt, and three children: Jeffrey Salisbury, Brian Salisbury, and Martina Salisbury.