George P. Garrett (1929–2008)
Auteur van Death of the Fox
Over de Auteur
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 toon meer 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) toon minder
Werken van George P. Garrett
That's What I Like (About the South : and Other New Southern Stories for the Nineties) (1993) 18 exemplaren
King of the Mountain 7 exemplaren
The Girl in the Black Raincoat — Redacteur — 4 exemplaren
For a Bitter Season: New and Selected Poems 3 exemplaren
In the Briar Patch : A Book of Stories 3 exemplaren
Which ones are the enemy? 3 exemplaren
New work by 5 poets 1 exemplaar
A reading of new poems 1 exemplaar
The Quest {poem} 1 exemplaar
Comic Strip [short fiction] 1 exemplaar
Sir Slob and the Princess 1 exemplaar
Intro 7: All of Us and None of You 1 exemplaar
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Rediscoveries: Informal Essays in Which Well-Known Novelists Rediscover Neglected Works of Fiction by One of Their… (1971) — Medewerker — 27 exemplaren
Craft so hard to learn;: Conversations with poets and novelists about the teaching of writing (1972) — Redacteur, sommige edities — 3 exemplaren
Dream Garden: The Poetic Vision of Fred Chappell (Southern Literary Studies) (1997) — Voorwoord — 2 exemplaren
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- Officiële naam
- George Palmer Garrett
- Geboortedatum
- 1929-06-11
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2008-05-25
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Orlando, Florida, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Orlando, Florida, USA
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA - Opleiding
- Princeton University (B.A|1952)
Princeton University (M.A|1956)
Princeton University (PhD|1985) - Beroepen
- poet
novelist
professor (creative writing)
screenwriter - Organisaties
- University of Virginia (Henry Hoyns Professor of English)
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- 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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