Facts:   - death date: 17 july 2008      - birth date: 5 november 1931    - name: rose mary prosen    - ethnicity: slovene    - nationality: american    - death place: cleveland , ohio , united states of america    - birth place: newburgh , ohio , united states of america    - occupation: author , poet   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of rose mary prosen .
rose mary prosen -lrb- november 5 , 1931 -- july 17 , 2008 -rrb- was a slovene-american poet and essayist .