Rose Mary Prosen

Rose Mary Prosen
Born	November 5, 1931 Newburgh, Ohio, United States of America
Died	July 17, 2008 Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
Occupation	Author, poet
Nationality	American
Ethnicity	Slovene

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

Life

She was born to Slovene parents who emigrated to Newburgh, Ohio, a village that was annexed by the city of Cleveland, from Lower Carniola, present-day Slovenia. She worked as professor of English at the Cuyahoga Community College at Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

Works

As essayist she published several articles, including the 1974 "Ethnic Literature" -- Of Whom and for Whom^[1] As a poet she published four collections of poetry, the 1971 Poems, 1976 O The Ravages, and two collections in 1980, Apples and Thank You Michelangelo.^[2]

Awards

Her short memoir Looking Back: Newburgh won the first prize for the 1976 Growing Up Slavic in America competition.^[3]

References

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