Gladys Cardiff (born 1942) is an Eastern Band Cherokee poet and academic, with interests in Native American, African-American and American literature.
[5] She makes use of her cultural heritage in her work, referencing especially Cherokee place names in her poetry.
[6] She attended the University of Washington, where she studied with Theodore Roethke.
[2] Cardiff won the 1976 Washington State Governor's Award for her first book of poetry, To Frighten a Storm.
[1] "In 1988 she was a co-recipient of the University of Washington's Louisa Kerns Award for literary endeavors.