Gladys Cardiff

Gladys Cardiff (born 1942) is an Eastern Band Cherokee poet and academic, with interests in Native American, African-American and American literature. She was an associate professor at Oakland University from 1999 to 2013.

Early life

Cardiff was born in Browning, Montana.<ref name="Harper & Row-1988">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Poetry Foundation-2022">Template:Cite web</ref> Her father was Henry Owl of the Owl clan,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> who is listed on the Baker Roll as having a Cherokee blood quantum of half, and having a Catawba mother.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She is of Irish and Welsh descent on her mother's side. She is a citizen of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She makes use of her cultural heritage in her work, referencing especially Cherokee place names in her poetry.<ref name="wmu"> Template:Cite web </ref>

She attended the University of Washington, where she studied with Theodore Roethke.<ref name="Harper & Row-1988"/> She has a PhD in literature from Western Michigan University.<ref name="Poetry Foundation-2022" />

Published works

Cardiff won the 1976 Washington State Governor's Award for her first book of poetry, To Frighten a Storm.<ref name="Harper & Row-1988"/> She published A Bare Unpainted Table in 1999.<ref name="wmu" /> She received awards from the Seattle Arts Commission in 1985 and 1986.<ref name="Harper & Row-1988"/> "In 1988 she was a co-recipient of the University of Washington's Louisa Kerns Award for literary endeavors."<ref> Template:Cite web </ref> Her poetry has been featured by The Poetry Foundation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

External links

• Staff page at Oakland University

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