Fred Chappell

Fred Davis Chappell (b. May 28, 1936 in Canton, North Carolina) is an author and poet. [ [http://english.unc.edu/programs/wolfe/chappell_bio.html Fred Chappell Biography ] ] He retired after 40 years as an English professor at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. [ [http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep05/wolfe092305.htm UNC News release - Poet Fred Chappell to present Thomas Wolfe Lecture Oct. 6 ] ] He was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1997-2002. [ [http://www.ncarts.org/chappell/bio.cfm North Carolina Poet Laureate | Biography: Fred Chappell ] ] He attended Duke University.

His 1968 novel "Dagon", which was named the Best Foreign Book of the Year by the Academie Française, is a recasting of a Cthulhu Mythos horror story as a psychologically realistic Southern Gothic.

His literary awards include the Prix de Meilleur des Livres Etrangers, the Bollingen Prize, and the T. S. Eliot Prize.

Bibliography (partial)

* "Awakening to Music", Briarpatch Press, 1979.
* "Backsass", LSU Press, 2004.
* "Bloodfire: A Poem", LSU Press, 1978.
* "Brighten the Corner Where You Are", St. Martin's, 1989.
* "Castle Tzingal", LSU Press, 1984.
* "Dagon", Harcourt, 1968, reprinted, St. Martin's, 1986.
* "Driftlake: A Lieder Cycle", Iron Mountain Press, 1981.
* "Earthsleep: A Poem", LSU Press, 1980.
* "Farewell, I'm Bound to Leave You".
* "Family Gathering," LSU Press, 2000.
* "First and Last Words", LSU Press, 1989.
* "The Fred Chappell Reader", St. Martin's, 1987.
* "The Gaudy Place", Harcourt, 1973.
* "I Am One of You Forever", LSU Press, 1985.
* "The Inkling", Harcourt, 1965.
* "It Is Time, Lord", Atheneum, 1963.
* "Look Back All the Green Valley", 1996.
* "The Man Twice Married by Fire", Unicorn Press, 1975.
* "Midquest: A Poem" (contains "River: A Poem", "Bloodfire: A Poem", "Windmountain: A Poem", and "Earthsleep: A Poem"), LSU Press, 1981.
* "Moments of Light", New South Co., 1980.
* "More Shapes Than One", 1991.
* "Plow Naked: Selected Writings on Poetry," University of Michigan Press, 1993.
* "River: A Poem", LSU Press, 1975. [http://s50780.sites40.storefront-hosting.com/detail.aspx?ID=663]
* "Source", LSU Press, 1986. [http://s50780.sites40.storefront-hosting.com/detail.aspx?ID=1215]
* "Spring Garden: New and Selected Poems," LSU Press, 1995.
* "Wind Mountain: A Poem", LSU Press, 1979.
* "A Way of Happening: Observations of Contemporary Poetry," Picador, 1998.
* "The World Between the Eyes", LSU Press, 1971.

References

External links

* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n22_v39/ai_6102831 Review of Fred Chappell's writings]
* [http://www.gpc.edu/~shale/humanities/literature/american/chappell.html Online resources on Fred Chappell]
* [http://42opus.com/v4n2/speakswithfredchappell Interview with Fred Chappell]
* [http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/rbmscl/chappellfred/inv/ Finding Aid for the Fred Chappell Papers at Duke University]
* [http://library.uncg.edu/depts/archives/mss/html/Mss204.htm Finding Aid for the Fred Chappell-Lee Kinard Papers at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro]

ee also

*List of horror fiction authors