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.
Bibliography
Poetry collections 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
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Essays
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
References
External links University of North Carolina: http://www.unc.edu UNC English and creative program: http://englishcomplit.unc.edu/creative/faculty Page of Alan Shapiro on UNC website: https://web.archive.org/web/20150928225157/http://englishcomplit.unc.edu/people/shapiroa Page of Alan Shapiro on Amazon": https://www.amazon.com/Alan-Shapiro/e/B000APXGVK/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1443446284&sr=1-2-ent