Fred Davis Chappell (born May 28, 1936 in
Canton, North Carolina
Canton is the second largest town in Haywood County, North Carolina, United States. It is located about west of Asheville and is part of that city's metropolitan area. The town is named after the city of Canton, Ohio. The population was 4,227 at ...
) is an author and poet. He was an English professor for 40 years (1964–2004) at the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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. He was the
Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1997–2002. He attended
Duke University
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.
His
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* J ...
novel ''
Dagon'', which was named the Best Foreign Book of the Year by the
Académie française
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, is a recasting of a
Cthulhu Mythos
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horror story
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as a psychologically realistic
Southern Gothic
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.
His literary awards include the
Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry
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, the Prix de Meilleur des Livres Etrangers, the Bollingen Prize, and the T. S. Eliot Award.
Bibliography
Books
Poetry
*
* ''Backsass'', LSU Press, 2004.
* ''Bloodfire: A Poem'',
LSU Press
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, 1978.
* ''C'',
LSU Press
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, 1993.
* ''Castle Tzingal'',
LSU Press
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, 1984.
* ''Driftlake: A Lieder Cycle'', Iron Mountain Press, 1981.
* ''Earthsleep: A Poem'',
LSU Press
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, 1980.
* ''Familiars'',
LSU Press
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, 2014.
* ''Family Gathering'',
LSU Press
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, 2000.
* ''First and Last Words'',
LSU Press
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, 1989.
* ''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
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, 1981.
* ''River: A Poem'',
LSU Press
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, 1975.
* ''Shadow Box: Poems'', :
Louisiana State University Press
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, 2009
* ''Source'',
LSU Press
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, 1986.
* ''Spring Garden: New and Selected Poems'',
LSU Press
The Louisiana State University Press (LSU Press) is a university press at Louisiana State University. Founded in 1935, it publishes works of scholarship as well as general interest books. LSU Press is a member of the Association of American Univer ...
, 1995.
* ''Wind Mountain: A Poem'',
LSU Press
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, 1979.
* ''The World Between the Eyes'',
LSU Press
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, 1971.
Fiction
* ''A Shadow All of Light'', Tor Books, 2016
*
* ''
Dagon'', Harcourt, 1968, reprinted, St. Martin's, 1986. Reissued,
Boson Books
Boson Books is an independent publisher based in Raleigh, North Carolina. It was founded in 1994 by Nancy McAllister, President and Director of Acquisitions, and David McAllister, Vice President and Director of Technical Operations. The company pu ...
, 2002
* ''The Gaudy Place''
* ''The Inkling'' Reprinted
LSU Press
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1998.
* ''It Is Time, Lord'' Reprint
LSU Press
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1996.
* ''Moments of Light''
* ''More Shapes Than One'', 1991
The Kirkman Tetralogy:
* ''I Am One of You Forever'',
LSU Press
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, 1985
* ''Brighten the Corner Where You Are'',
St. Martin's, 1989
* ''Farewell, I'm Bound to Leave You''
* ''Look Back All the Green Valley''
Other
* ''The Fred Chappell Reader'',
St. Martin's, 1987.
* ''Plow Naked: Selected Writings on Poetry'',
University of Michigan Press
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, 1993.
* ''A Way of Happening: Observations of Contemporary Poetry'',
Picador, 1998.
Short stories
* "The Adder" ''
Deathrealm'' (Summer 1989)
* "Free Hand" ''
Deathrealm'' (Spring 1990)
* "The Lodger" (1994
World Fantasy Award
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winner)
* "The Somewhere Doors" (1992 World Fantasy Award winner)
* Stories about Falco the Shadow Master's Apprentice.
# "Creeper Shadows" ''
Cat Tales: Fantastic Feline Fiction'' (Wildside Press, Compilation 2008 by George H. Scithers(former editor of Weird Tales.): 135–175
# "Dance of Shadows" ''
Fantasy and Science Fiction
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'' 112/3 (March 2007): 6–37 & ''Year's Best Fantasy 8'', (Jun 2008, ed. David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, publ. Tachyon Publications, 1-892391-76-7, 375pp, tp, anth)
# "The Diamond Shadow" ''
Fantasy and Science Fiction
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'' 113/4&5 (October/November 2007): 42–74
# "Shadow of the Valley" ''
Fantasy and Science Fiction
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'' 116/2 (February 2009): 5–40 &
# "Thief of Shadows" ''
Fantasy and Science Fiction
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'' 118/5&6 (May/June 2010): 50–75
# "Maze of Shadows" ''
Fantasy and Science Fiction
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'' 122/5&6 (May/June 2012): 69–135
Book reviews
See also
*
List of horror fiction authors
This is a list of some (not all) notable writers in the horror fiction genre.
Note that some writers listed below have also written in other genres, especially fantasy and science fiction.
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References
External links
Review of Fred Chappell's writingsInterview with Fred Chappell Guide to the Fred Chappell Papers Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Duke University
Finding Aid for the Fred Chappell-Lee Kinard Interviews at The University of North Carolina at GreensboroUNCG Oral History with Fred Chappell
*
Stuart Wright Collection: Fred Chappell Papers (#1169-017), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina UniversityFred Chappell (biographical note and extensive bibliography)
at The Poetry Foundation
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1936 births
Living people
People from Canton, North Carolina
20th-century American novelists
Novelists from North Carolina
Cthulhu Mythos writers
World Fantasy Award-winning writers
Poets Laureate of North Carolina
Poets from North Carolina
Bollingen Prize recipients
20th-century American poets
American male novelists
Writers of American Southern literature
American male poets
20th-century American male writers