John Engels (1931-2007) in 2006. Photo by Matt Engels. Licensed under Creative Commons, courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
John Engels (January 19, 1931 - June 13, 2007) was an American poet,[1] and academic.
Life[]
Engels was born in South Bend, Indiana. He graduated from University of Notre Dame in 1952. After Navy service, he studied at the University College Dublin, then graduated from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, with an M.F.A. in 1957.
He taught at St. Norbert College, and Saint Michael's College, Sweet Briar College, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Middlebury College, and Emory University, and the University of Alabama. In 1995, he was Wyndham Robertson Chair at Hollins College.[2]
His work appeared in Harper's,[3] the The New Yorker, [4][5] and many other prestigious journals.
Recognition[]
Awards[]
- 1976 Frost Fellow at Bread Loaf Writers Conference
- 1979 Guggenheim Fellowship [6]
- 1986 National Poetry Series, for Cardinals in the Ice Age
- 1988 Poet in residence at The Frost Place
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- The Homer Mitchell Place: Poems. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1968.
- Signals from the Safety Coffin. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1975.
- Blood Mountain. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1977. ISBN 978-0-8229-3289-5
- Vivaldi in Early Fall. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1981.
- The Seasons in Vermont. Syracuse, NY: Tamarack Editions, 1982.
- Weather-Fear: New and selected poems, 1958-1982. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1983. ISBN 978-0-8203-0654-4
- Cardinals in the Ice Age: Poems. St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 1987. ISBN 978-0-915308-91-0
- Walking to Cootehill: New and selected poems, 1958-1992. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1993.
- Big Water: Poems. New York: Lyons & Burford, 1995.
- Sinking Creek: Poems. New York: Lyons Press, 1998. ISBN 978-1-55821-638-9
- House and Garden. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0-268-03056-8
- Recounting the Seasons: Poems, 1958-2005. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0-268-02770-4
Non-fiction[]
- The Merrill Guide to William Carlos Williams. Columbus, OH: Merrill, 1969.
- The Merrill Studies in 'Paterson'. Columbus, OH: Merrill, 1971.
"Cardinals In The Ice Age" by John Engels
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[7]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ David Huddle, "The Life of a Poet: John Engels", Hollins Critic, June 1, 2008.
- ↑ John Engels, Ploughshares. Web, July 26, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.harpers.org/subjects/JohnEngels
- ↑ http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1982-03-29#folio=121
- ↑ http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1981-04-27#folio=044
- ↑ http://www.gf.org/fellows/4187-john-engels
- ↑ Search results = au:John Engels, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, July 26, 2014.
External links[]
- Poems
- Audio / video
- Books
- John Engels at Amazon.com
- About
- "Poet's Corner: John Engels captured solace along with pain," Burlington Free Press
- John Engels by Tom Slayton at Vermont Public Radio
- "A Dark, Earthly Scrutiny: The poems of John Engels" at The Inner Music
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