Peter Klappert | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1942 (age 80–81) Rockville Centre, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Cornell University University of Iowa |
| Genre | Poetry |
Peter Klappert (born 1942 in Rockville Centre, New York) is an American poet.
Life
He grew up in West Hempstead, New York, and Rowayton, Connecticut. He graduated from Cornell University and the University of Iowa, with an M.A. and an M.F.A.[1]
His work has appeared in AGNI,[2] Antaeus,[3] Atlantic Monthly, Harper's,[4] Ploughshares, AWP Chronicle, Lambda Book Report, The Gettysburg Review,[5] and The Southern Review.[6]
He was Briggs-Copeland Lecturer at Harvard University, and Writer-in-Residence at College of William and Mary.
He taught at Rollins College and New College of Florida, and George Mason University before retiring in 2006.[7][8]
Awards
- 1971 Yale Younger Poets Award
- 1973 National Endowment for the Arts grant
- Ingram Merrill Foundation grant
- Yaddo resident fellowship
- The MacDowell Colony resident fellowship
- La Fondation Karolyi resident fellowship
- The Millay Colony for the Arts resident fellowship
Works
- "The Cat Lover", AGNI 4, 1975
- "Enrichissez Vous", AGNI 4, 1975
- "Variegations", AGNI 4, 1975
- "Satan Who Is Most Noisy When He Whispers", AGNI 12, 1980
- "If Innocent", Ploughshares, Summer 1981
- "The Prime of Life", Ploughshares, Winter 1991-92
- "CHOKECHERRIES"; "IMPATIENS"; "DOSTOEVSKI SAID MAN"; "CLOSING IN NEW HAVEN"; "THE COURTSHIP OF THE MORTICIANS"; "J'ACCUSE", Beltway Poetry Quarterly Volume 3, Number 1, Winter 2002
- "CEREBRAL CORTEX", Six Gallerys Press
- How I Stopped Writing Poetry and Other Poems
- Chokecherries: New and Selected Poems, 1966-1999. Orchises. 2000. ISBN 978-0-914061-81-6.
- Circular Stairs, Distress in the Mirrors. Marlboro, Vt.: Six Gallery Press. 2008. ISBN 978-0-9810091-1-7.
- Idiot Princess of the Last Dynasty. New York: Knopf. 1984. ISBN 978-0-394-51383-6.
- '52 pick-up: scenes from the conspiracy : a documentary : a poem in 52 scenes, 2 jokers and an extra ace of spades. Orchises Press. 1984. ISBN 978-0-914061-02-1.
- Lugging Vegetables to Nantucket. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. 1971. ISBN 978-0-300-01453-2.
Anthologies
- William Smart, ed. (1984). "Stages of a Journey Inland". From Mt. San Angelo: stories, poems & essays. Associated University Presses. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8453-4508-5.
References
- ↑ "Peter Klappert Biography". www.BookRags.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "AGNI Online: Author Peter Klappert". Boston University. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ Halpern, Daniel, ed. (1981). Antæus. Villiers Publications. ISBN 9780912946795.
- ↑ "Peter Klappert". Harper's Magazine. March 1973. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ Klappert, Peter (Winter 1990). "I Want, I Don't Want: The Poetry of Margaret Atwood". The Gettysburg Review. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ Klappert, Peter (Winter 2000). "The Invention of the Kirby Poem (Book Review)". The Southern Review. Louisiana State University Press. 36 (1): 196. ISSN 0038-4534. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "Peter Klappert". Poets & Writers. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "Happy 30th Birthday, Creative Writing!". The Mason Spirit. 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
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