Richard Shelton
Richard Shelton (June 24, 1933 – November 29, 2022) was an American writer, poet and emeritus Regents Professor of English at the University of Arizona. Shelton was born in Boise, Idaho on June 24, 1933. He wrote nine books of poetry; his first collection of poems, The Tattooed Desert, won the International Poetry Forum's U.S. His 1992 memoir Going Back to Bisbee, a New York Times Notable Book was selected for the One Book Arizona program in 2007.
Richard Shelton
- Born
- 1933 · Boise.
- Died
- 2022
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- poet · writer · university teacher
- Languages
- English
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Born at Boise in 1933, died in 2022.
The recorded working language is English. Employment is recorded with University of Arizona.
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- 1.Notable Books of the Year 1993
- 2.One Book Arizona 2007.
- 3.Western States Book Awards
- 4.Richard Shelton Receives Major Lannan Foundation Award.
- 5.La Roca, February 1975, "Personal Profile" (page 20)
- 6.Menlove, Mark. You can't take Boise out of the man. Boise Weekly. 16. 32. 33. February 6, 2008.
- 7.'Crossing the Yard' wins acclaim of every panelist, Arizona Daily Star, published 12.17.2007
- 8.Acclaimed Arizona Author and Poet dies at 89
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