Alan Shapiro
Alan Richard Shapiro (born February 18, 1952, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American poet and professor of English and creative writing at the university of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Shapiro's poetry books include Tantalus in Love, Song and Dance, and Dead Alive and Busy. In addition to poetry, Shapiro has published two personal memoirs, Vigil and The Last Happy Occasion.
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Alan Shapiro
- Born
- 1952 · Boston.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- poet · university teacher · editor · scholar of english · literary theorist · producer · writer
- Fields
- poetry · English · creative writing
- Honours
- North Carolina Award for Literature · Guggenheim Fellowship
- Languages
- English
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Alan Richard Shapiro (born February 18, 1952, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American poet and professor of English and creative writing at the university of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Shapiro's poetry books include Tantalus in Love, Song and Dance, and Dead Alive and Busy. In addition to poetry, Shapiro has published two personal memoirs, Vigil and The Last Happy Occasion.
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Alan Shapiro (born 1952) is an American editor, literary theorist and poet, among other activities. The editor was born in Boston.
Alan Shapiro worked for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and worked in United States. The editor is active in creative writing, English and poetry.
Languages used include English. Alan Shapiro received Guggenheim Fellowship and North Carolina Award for Literature.
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List of poems
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1952
Alan Shapiro born at Boston.
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The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is poetry, English and creative writing. Places of work recorded in the authority are United States. Employment is recorded with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Distinctions recorded are North Carolina Award for Literature and Guggenheim Fellowship.
• The Courtesy • Happy Hour • Covenant • Mixed Company • The Last Happy Occasion • Vigil • After the Digging • The Dead Alive and Busy • Song and Dance • Tantalus in Love • Old War • Night of the Republic • Reel to Reel
Awards and honors
• Wallace Stegner Creative Writing Fellowship in poetry, Stanford University, 1975–76 • Academy of American Poets Award, Stanford University, 1976 • Illinois Arts Council Award (Happy Hour, Bedtime Story,Genie), 1984 • National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in poetry, 1984–85 • Guggenheim Fellowship in poetry, 1985–86 • Nomination for National Book Critics' Circle Award (Happy Hour), 1987 • Robert and Hazel Ferguson Memorial Award (Happy Hour), 1987 • William Carlos Williams Award (Happy Hour), 1987 • Illinois Arts Council Award (Maison des Jeunes), 1988 • Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers Award, 1991 • National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in poetry, 1991 • John H. McGinnis Award for best essay (Fanatics), 1995 • Los Angeles Times Book Award in poetry (Mixed Company), 1996 • Finalist for National Book Circle Critics Award (The Last Happy Occasion), 1996 • Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year (The Last Happy Occasion), 1996 • Pushcart Prize - Essay (Fanatics), 1996 • New England Book Sellers Association Discovery of the Month Award (Vigil), 1997 • Undergraduate Teaching Award, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1998 • Arts Fellowship from The Project on Death in America of the Open Society Institute, 1999 • Institute for the Arts and Humanities Fellowship, UNC (spring), 1999 • O.B. Hardison Jr. Poetry Prize, from the Folger Library, 1999 • Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award (Dead Alive and Busy), 2001 • American Academy of Arts and Letters Writer's Award, 2002 • Roanoke-Chowan Award - NC Literary and Historical Society, (Song & Dance), 2003 • Elected Fellow to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2005 • Roanoke-Chowan Award (Tantalus in Love), 2005 • Sara Teasdale Award - Wellesley College, 2005 • Ambassador Book Award - English Speaking Union of the United States (Old War), 2009 • Finalist for National Book Award in poetry, 2012
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- 1.Shapiro, Alan. The Courtesy. University of Chicago Press. 1983. 978-0226750279.
- 2.Shapiro, Alan. Happy Hour. University of Chicago Press. 1987. 978-0226750293.
- 3.Shapiro, Alan. Covenant. University of Chicago Press. 1991. 978-0226750453.
- 4.Shapiro, Alan. Mixed Company. University of Chicago Press. 1996. 978-0226750316.
- 5.Shapiro, Alan. Last Happy Occasion. University Of Chicago Press. 1997. 978-0226750361.
- 6.Shapiro, Alan. Vigil. University of Chicago Press. 1997. 978-0226750347.
- 7.afterword, Alan Shapiro ; with a new. After the Digging. University of Chicago Press. 1998. 978-0226750415.
- 8.Shapiro, Alan. The dead alive and busy. University of Chicago Press. 2000. 978-0226750514.
- 9.Shapiro, Alan. The Dead Alive and Busy. University of Chicago Press. 2000. 978-0226750514.
- 10.Shapiro, Alan. Song & Dance. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2004. 978-0618382293.
- 11.Shapiro, Alan. Tantalus in love. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2005. 0618452427.
- 12.Shapiro, Alan. Old war. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2008. 978-0618452439.
- 13.Shapiro, Alan. Night of the Republic. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2012. 978-0547329703.
- 14.Shapiro, Alan. Reel to Reel. University of Chicago Press. 2014. 978-0226110639.
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Alan Shapiro worked in poetry, English and creative writing. He was employed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He worked at United States. Recorded as poet, university teacher, editor, scholar of english and literary theorist.
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