Barbara Chase-Riboud

Barbara Chase-Riboud

Born: 6/26/1939
Written by: Marcelle Thomas, Fall 2020
Awards
Carl Sandburg Poetry Award, Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards, Alain Locke International Award
Vocation
Literary
Geographic Connection to Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
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. 

 

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.