Toi Derricotte, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Toi Derricotte

American writer

Date of Birth: 12-Apr-1941

Place of Birth: Hamtramck, Michigan, United States

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Toi Derricotte (pronounced DARE-ah-cot ) (born April 12, 1941) is an American poet and a professor of writing at University of Pittsburgh.
She won a 2012 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry.
With Cornelius Eady, she co-founded Cave Canem Foundation, a summer workshop for African-American poets.