Kenneth Fields
Kenneth Fields (August 1 1939 – December 6 2023) was an American poet and a professor of creative writing at Stanford University. He had been on the faculty since 1967. In 1964, Fields was inducted into the Stegner Fellowship, and later co-led the Stegner program as a professor.
Kenneth Fields
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- Kenneth Fields
- Born
- August 1 1939
- Birthplace
- Colorado City, Texas
- Died
- December 6 2024
- Occupation
- Poet, professor
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- American literature
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• Name — Kenneth Fields • Born — August 1 1939 • Birthplace — Colorado City, Texas • Died — December 6 2024 • Other Names — Ken Fields • Occupation — Poet, professor
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- 1.Underwood, Paul L. Kenneth Fields, longtime English professor and acclaimed poet, dies at 84. Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences. 11 March 2024.
- 2.Ken Fields « Stanford Creative Writing Program.
- 3.Ken Fields, Professor.
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- The Other Walker
- Sunbelly
- The Odysseus Manuscripts
- Anemographia: A Treatise on the Wind
- Classic Rough News
- Music from Another Room
- Father of Mercies
- Quest for Reality: An Anthology of Short Poems in English (1969), with Yvor Winters
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