Two months after her death, poet Nikki Giovanni has been awarded one of the top honors for her art form, the Frost Medal for lifetime achievement.

Giovanni was nominated prior to her death in December 2024. Nikki Giovanni was awarded the Frost Medal for Lifetime Achievement by the Poetry Society of America on Feb. 26, two months after her death.

NEW YORK — Two months after her death, poet Nikki Giovanni has been awarded one of the top honors for her art form, the Frost Medal for lifetime achievement. The Poetry Society of America said ...

“Nikki Giovanni loomed as an essential and powerful figure in American literature and culture, the author of three dozen books of poetry, essays, and children’s writing,” the poetry society ...

Nikki Giovanni Receives a Posthumous Honor, the Frost Medal for Lifetime Achievement NEW YORK (AP) — Two months after her death, poet Nikki Giovanni has been awarded one of the top honors for ...