Leon Stokesbury (1945

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- November 13, 2018) was an American

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...

Life

He graduated from the

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with an MFA, and earned his Ph.D. at Florida State University. He taught creative writing at

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Awards

* 1999 National Endowment for the Arts Grant * 1998

Poets' Prize The Poets' Prize is awarded annually for the best book of verse published by a living American poet two years prior to the award year. The $3000 annual prize is donated by a committee of about 20 American poets, who each nominate two books and who ...

* 1990 Robert Frost Fellowship in Poetry from the Breadloaf Writers Conference * 1992 Distinguished Georgia Poet of the Year Award * 1985

Porter Prize The Porter Prize, established in 1984 by the non-profit organization known as the Porter Fund Literary Prize, is awarded annually to a writer who has created a substantial body of work and has a significant connection with Arkansas. The $5000 prize ...

Works

"Unsent Letter to My Brother in His Pain", ''Good Times Santa Cruz''
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Anthologies

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Editor

* * 2nd edition. *The Light the Dead See: The Selected Poems of Frank Stanford. Ed. Leon Stokesbury. University of Arkansas Press 1991.

References

External links

"''Dictionary of Literary Biography'' on Leon Stokesbury"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stokesbury, Leon 1945 births 2018 deaths American male poets University of Arkansas alumni Florida State University alumni Georgia State University faculty