Craig Arnold (November 16, 1967 – April 27, 2009) was an American poet and professor. His first book of poems, ''Shells'' (1999), was selected by

W. S. Merwin William Stanley Merwin (September 30, 1927 – March 15, 2019) was an American poet who wrote more than fifty books of poetry and prose, and produced many works in translation. During the 1960s anti-war movement, Merwin's unique craft was thema ...

for the Yale Series of Younger Poets. His many honors include the 2005 Joseph Brodsky

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Fellowship in literature, The Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Fellowship, an Alfred Hodder Fellowship, a Fulbright Fellowship, a

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fellowship, and a MacDowell Fellowship.Wayweiser Press The Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize 2006 Two Poems from Craig Arnold's ''Made Flesh'' Followed by a Note on the Author

Biography

Arnold taught poetry at the

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. His poems have appeared in anthologies including ''

The Best American Poetry 1998 ''The Best American Poetry 1999'', a volume in ''The Best American Poetry series'', was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor John Hollander. Poets and poems included See also * 1998 in poetry Notes External links Web page for contents o ...

'' and ''The Bread Loaf Anthology of New American Poets,'' and in literary journals including ''

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, Barrow Street, New Republic'' and ''

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.'' Arnold grew up in the United States, Europe and Asia. He received his bachelor of arts degree in English from

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in 1990 and his Ph.D. degree in creative writing from the

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in 2001. He was also a musician, and performed as a member of the band Iris.

Disappearance

On April 27, 2009, Arnold went missing on the small volcanic island of

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, Japan. He went for a solo hike to explore an active volcano on the island and never returned to the inn where he was staying. While Japanese law mandates government-backed searches for three days, on April 30, 2009, the Japanese government agreed to extend the search an additional three days. Arnold was not found, and the search was then picked up by the international non-governmental organization 1st Special Response Group. Arnold's trail was found near a high cliff, and he was presumed to have died from a fall near the date of his disappearance. A collection of poetry, ''Love, an Index'', written by Arnold's partner Rebecca Lindenberg and telling the story of their relationship, was published in March 2012. A detailed account of Arnold's last few days and the extensive search, entitled ''An Exchange for Fire'', was written by Christopher Blasdel and appeared in the anthology ''My Postwar Life: New Writings from Japan and Okinawa,'' published by Chicago Quarterly Review Books, January, 2012.

Bibliography

; Collections * Arnold, Craig. 1999. ''Shells''. Yale series of younger poets, v. 93. New Haven: Yale University Press, * Arnold, Craig. 2008. ''Made Flesh''. Keene, NY: Ausable Press. ; Translations * ''fleischgeworden'' (selected poems, translated into German by Jan Volker Röhnert, luxbooks, 2008)

Awards and honors

* 2009 — US-Japan Creative Artists Program * 2008 —

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* 2005 —

in Literature,

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* 2001 — Alfred Hodder Fellowship in the Humanities,

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* 2001 — Dobie Paisano Fellow * 1999 — John Atherton Fellowship in Poetry from the Bread Loaf Writers Conference * 1999 — Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award * 1998 —

Creative Writing Fellowship * 1998 — Utah Arts Council Original Writing Award for a book in poetry * 1998 —

Creative Writing Fellowship * 1996 —

Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship The Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship is given annually to a U.S.-born poet to spend one year outside North America in a country the recipient feels will most advance his or her work. When poet Amy Lowell died in 1925, her will established ...

References

External links

Poems by Craig Arnold and tributes to him at PoetryFoundation.org

Find Craig Arnold - Website with information on the search
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