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Barbara Chase-Riboud

Born: 6/26/1939

Primary Vocation: Literary
Geographic Connection to Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
Awards: Carl Sandburg Poetry Award, Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards, Alain Locke International Award
Abstract:

Artist and fiction writer Barbara Chase-Riboud was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Temple University with a bachelor's degree in fine arts. A jack-of-all-trades, she took piano and ballet as a child, found a voice in sculpture, and later adopted poetry and fiction. Read more here.

"Barbara Chase-Riboud." Black Writers of PA. 2020. 31 August 2020.

Biography

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Photo Credit: Dawn breakergm. "Barbara Chase-Riboud with her Malcolm X steles, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery." 17 January 2018. Photograph. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped to 4x3. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Marcelle Thomas
Written by Marcelle Thomas, Fall 2020