Patricia Dobler (June 18, 1939 – July 24, 2004) was an American

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and winner of the Brittingham Prize in Poetry.

Life

Patricia Averdick was born in Middletown, Ohio on June 18, 1939, and completed her BA in

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. In 1961, she married the writer Bruce Dobler, and relocated with him to

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; and finally

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as he advanced through his academic and writing career. After raising two daughters, Stephanie and Lisa, Patricia Dobler completed her MFA at the

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, where she studied poetry with

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, and Louis Simpson. In 1986, her book was chosen by poet Maxine Kumin to receive the Brittingham Prize in Poetry from the

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. That same year, Dobler joined the faculty of Carlow University, where she founded and directed its Women's Creative Writing Center, a position she held until her death in 2004. Dobler was also a popular leader of Carlow's non-degree writing workshop, Madwomen in the Attic. Her final book, ''Collected Poems'', was published posthumously by the

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in 2005.

Death and interment

She died July 24, 2004 at her home in Pittsburgh. She is interred in the Roman Catholic Calvary Cemetery in the city's

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and Hazelwood neighborhoods.

Works

* ''Collected Poems'', poetry (Pittsburgh: Autumn House Press, 2005) * ''UXB'', poetry (Pittsburgh: Mill Hunk Books, 1991) * ''Talking To Strangers'', poetry (Madison:

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, 1986) * ''Forget Your Life'', poetry chapbook (Omaha: University of Nebraska Press, 1982)

References

;Notes ;Sources *Bob Hoover (2005)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Obituary of Patricia Dobler
Retrieved April 18, 2006. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dobler, Patricia 1939 births 2004 deaths Burials at Calvary Catholic Cemetery (Pittsburgh) University of Pittsburgh alumni Writers from Pittsburgh American women poets 20th-century American poets 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women