Charles Edward Eaton

Charles Edward Eaton (1916–2006), was an American poet and professor.

Life

He was born in Winston-Salem, N.C. Eaton received his B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina in 1936, studied at Princeton, and received his M.A. degree from Harvard, where he worked with Robert Frost, who later recommended him to the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.

Eaton served as Vice Consul in Brazil, 1942–1946, and as professor of creative writing at UNC, 1946-1952. In 1950, he married Isabel Patterson of Pittsburgh.

His papers are at the University of North Carolina.^[1]

Awards

• Golden Rose Award
• 1981 Arvon Foundation competition winner^[2]

Works

Poetry

• Countermoves. Abelard-Schuman. 1962. 
• On the edge of the knife. Abelard-Schuman. 1970. 
• The man in the green chair. A. S. Barnes. 1977. ISBN 9780498020407. 
• Colophon of the rover: poems. A. S. Barnes. 1980. ISBN 9780498023248. 
• The thing king. Associated University Presses. 1982. ISBN 9780845347430. http://books.google.com/books?id=9Qhv8MOwkkAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Charles+inauthor:Edward+inauthor:Eaton&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0. 
• The work of the wrench. Associated University Presses. 1985. ISBN 9780845347942. http://books.google.com/books?id=1RUOBBRE7J8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Charles+inauthor:Edward+inauthor:Eaton&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0. 
• New and Selected Poems, 1942-1987. Associated University Presses. 1987. ISBN 9780845348079. http://books.google.com/books?id=2ZLQxWZBs10C&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Charles+inauthor:Edward+inauthor:Eaton&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0. 
• A guest on mild evenings. Associated University Presses. 1991. ISBN 9780845348314. http://books.google.com/books?id=ULExwZZfPgQC&pg=PP1&dq=inauthor:Charles+inauthor:Edward+inauthor:Eaton&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0. 
• A lady of pleasure. Associated University Presses. 1993. ISBN 9780845348475. http://books.google.com/books?id=zhzbDuPpIaMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Charles+inauthor:Edward+inauthor:Eaton&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0. 
• The country of the blue. Associated University Presses. 1994. ISBN 9780845348505. http://books.google.com/books?id=UDxSXeeehBsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Charles+inauthor:Edward+inauthor:Eaton&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0. 
• The fox and I. Associated University Presses. 1996. ISBN 9780845348611. http://books.google.com/books?id=IHxweRPI_CUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Charles+inauthor:Edward+inauthor:Eaton&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0#PPP1,M1. 
• The Scout in Summer. Associated University Presses. 1999. ISBN 9780845348666. http://books.google.com/books?id=W3bqU2mi3NQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Charles+inauthor:Edward+inauthor:Eaton&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0#PPP1,M1. 
• The Jogger by the Sea. Associated University Presses. 2000. ISBN 9780845348727. http://books.google.com/books?id=KAwjBPypsAYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Charles+inauthor:Edward+inauthor:Eaton&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0. 
• Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. Associated University Presses. 2002. ISBN 9780845348833. http://books.google.com/books?id=8_bTwPwSeusC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Charles+inauthor:Edward+inauthor:Eaton&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0#PPA9,M1. 
• The Labyrinth. Associated University Presses. 2004. ISBN 9780845348888. http://books.google.com/books?id=_TpT1jYirbkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Charles+inauthor:Edward+inauthor:Eaton&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0#PPP1,M1. 
• The work of the sun: new and selected poems, 1991-2002. Associated University Presses. 2004. ISBN 9780845348871. http://books.google.com/books?id=D8Pb2rJbZKoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Charles+inauthor:Edward+inauthor:Eaton&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0#PPA7,M1. 

Stories

• New and Selected Stories, 1959-1989. Associated University Presses. 1989. ISBN 9780845348215. http://books.google.com/books?id=8kpK8loWv90C&dq=Charles+Edward+Eaton&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=Sd5hufYLre&sig=qRNZS2FymXk5y1joad6sQLF8yC8&hl=en&ei=124sSo_LNY3SNN_PkOcJ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4. 

Non-Fiction

• The man from Buena Vista: selected nonfiction, 1944-2000. Associated University Presses. 2001. ISBN 9780845348789. http://books.google.com/books?id=aNxTOL_iMIUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Charles+inauthor:Edward+inauthor:Eaton&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0#PPP1,M1. 

References

1. ^ http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/e/Eaton,Charles_Edward.html
2. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=9Qhv8MOwkkAC&pg=PT1&lpg=PT1&dq=arvon+foundation+winners&source=bl&ots=0geQXkDzek&sig=5NsJUHrcSfC_rMm6ALLRtLT8s7o&hl=en&ei=2fRRStfXD42etwf9kqmuBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7

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