title: Rose Mary Prosen
text: # Rose Mary Prosen
  
  Rose Mary Prosen (November 5, 1931 – July 17, 2008) was a Slovene-American poet and essayist.
  
  ## Life
  
  Prosen was born to Slovene parents who emigrated to Newburgh, Ohio, a village that was annexed by the city of Cleveland, from Lower Carniola, present-day Slovenia. She worked as professor of English at the Cuyahoga Community College at Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
  
  ## Works
  
  As an essayist she published several articles, including the 1974 "Ethnic Literature" – Of Whom and for Whom. She also published four collections of poetry, the 1971 Poems, 1976 O The Ravages, and two collections in 1980, Apples and Thank You Michelangelo.
  
  ## Awards
  
  Her short memoir Looking Back: Newburgh won the first prize for the 1976 Growing Up Slavic in America competition.
  
  