George P. Garrett (1929–2008)
Autore di Death of the Fox
Sull'Autore
Author George P. Garrett was born in Orlando, Florida on June 11, 1929. He received a B. A. (1952), M.A. (1956), and a Ph.D. (1985) from Princeton University. He has written short story collections, poetry, plays, novels, screenplays and a biography of James Jones. In 1962, Garrett moved to mostra altro Charlottesville to begin his job as a member of the English department at the University of Virginia, where he remained until 1968. He also taught at other universities including Princeton University and the University of Michigan. He returned to the University of Virginia in 1984 as the Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing. He retired from teaching in 2000 and was poet laureate of Virginia from 2002 to 2004. His large body of work includes writing the widely known Elizabethan Trilogy Death of the Fox, The Succession, and Entered from the Sun; the collected stories An Evening Performance; the book of poetry Days of Our Lives Lie in Fragments: New and Old Poems 1957-1997; the collection of stories, essays, and anecdotes Bad Man Blues as well as the screenplays for The Young Lovers and The Playground. Garrett has also received numerous honors, some of which include the Aiken-Taylor Award in Poetry, 1999; the Hollins College Medal, 1992; the PEN/Malamud Award for Short Story, 1990; the T.S. Eliot Award of Ingersoll Foundation, 1989; the Award of American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1985 and the Rome Prize of The American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1959. He died from cancer on May 26, 2008. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Opere di George P. Garrett
That's What I Like (About the South : and Other New Southern Stories for the Nineties) (1993) 18 copie
King of the Mountain 7 copie
The Girl in the Black Raincoat — A cura di — 4 copie
Which ones are the enemy? 3 copie
New work by 5 poets 1 copia
A reading of new poems 1 copia
The Quest {poem} 1 copia
Comic Strip [short fiction] 1 copia
Sir Slob and the Princess 1 copia
Opere correlate
Snopes: The Hamlet, The Town, The Mansion (Modern Library) (1959) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 409 copie
Rediscoveries: Informal Essays in Which Well-Known Novelists Rediscover Neglected Works of Fiction by One of Their… (1971) — Collaboratore — 27 copie
Craft so hard to learn;: Conversations with poets and novelists about the teaching of writing (1972) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 3 copie
Dream Garden: The Poetic Vision of Fred Chappell (Southern Literary Studies) (1997) — Prefazione — 2 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- George Palmer Garrett
- Data di nascita
- 1929-06-11
- Data di morte
- 2008-05-25
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Orlando, Florida, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Orlando, Florida, USA
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA - Istruzione
- Princeton University (B.A|1952)
Princeton University (M.A|1956)
Princeton University (PhD|1985) - Attività lavorative
- poet
novelist
professor (creative writing)
screenwriter - Organizzazioni
- University of Virginia (Henry Hoyns Professor of English)
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Cleanth Brooks Medal for Lifetime Achievement
American Academy of Arts and Letters
T. S. Eliot Award (1989)
Aiken Taylor Award (1999)
PEN/Malamud Award (1990)
Poet Laureate of Virginia (2002-2004)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 49
- Opere correlate
- 20
- Utenti
- 721
- Popolarità
- #35,210
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 6
- ISBN
- 74
- Lingue
- 1
- Preferito da
- 3