Toi Derricotte球速体育是Kenneth P. Dietrich艺术与科学学院英语系的荣誉退休教授，被现代语言协会（MLA）授予菲利斯·富兰克林人文科学公共倡导奖。

Derricotte received the 奖 along with her colleague Cornelius Eady, with whom she co-founded 洞穴Canem, a national poetry organization that cultivates “the artistic and professional growth of African American poets.”

“托伊·德里科特和科尼利厄斯·伊迪对非裔美国人和散居非洲诗歌的贡献球速体育是不可估量的。 他们在凯夫·卡内姆基金会的富有远见的工作帮助黑人诗人打开了曾经难以进入的大门。” said 道恩·蓝迪·马丁, director of the 非裔美国人诗歌和诗学中心.

“Derricotte made Pitt the beacon for African American poetry and poetics that it is today, and we remain grateful for her lasting contributions — a gratitude that remains visible in our having a chair in poetry named in her honor,” said 盖尔•罗杰斯, chair of the Department of English.

The namesake of the 奖, Phyllis Franklin, served as MLA’s executive director from 1985 until 2002. 德里科特将在明年1月的颁奖典礼上获得该奖。