Biography

Kim Addonizio was the daughter of a former tennis champion and a sports writer. She attended college in San Francisco, earning both her BA and MA from San Francisco State University, and has spent most of her adult life there. Among her numerous awards, Addonizio has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, a Pushcart Prize, a Commonwealth Club Poetry Medal, and the John Ciardi Lifetime Achievement Award.

Addonizio's poetry is known for its gritty, street-wise narrators and a wicked sense of wit. Her third collection of poetry, Tell Me (2000), was nominated for a National Book Award. In addition to poetry, Addonizio has written two novels: Little Beauties (2005) and My Dreams Out in the Street (2007).
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Daughter of tennis champion Pauline Betz and Washington Post sportswriter Bob Addie.

Mother of actress Aya Cash.