Beau Cutts (died 2013). Courtesy Big Bridge Press.
Robert Warren "Beau" Cutts (September 23, 1946 - September. 11 2013) was an American poet and journalist.
Life[]
Cutts was born in Athens, Georgia, on September 23, 1946, the son of Evelyn Augusta (Creighton) and William Gibson Cutts, Sr.[1]
Beau Cutts studied journalism at Georgia State University. Even before graduating (in the late 1960s), he was working for the Marietta Daily Journal.[2]
He left the Marietta paper to join the Atlanta Constitution, where he worked until the late 1980s. Altogether, he worked as a journalist for 40 years.[2]
He and his wife, Carol Cutts, divorced in 1998 after 33 years of marriage, but lived with his former wife in Flowery Branch, Georgia, for the last decade of his life.[2]
He died September 11, 2013, age 66, from complications of diabetes and cardiac issues.[2]
Writing[]
The only collection of poetry he published was The Night is a Rare Place, and other poems. The book was reprinted 4 times, and went through 4 more editions (each one revised by the poet). It went on to be an assigned text in college classrooms, where it was used to teach environmental advocacy and critical thinking.[3]
Recognition[]
Cutts was named Georgia Poet of the Year in 2006.[3]
Other awards he won include:
- Best News Story United Press International, Georgia, 1983
- 1st-Place Features Associated Press, Georgia, 1980, championship overall *1st-Place Omni Division Lake LanierYacht Racing Association, 1982.[1]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Night Is a Rare Place, and other poems. Blue Ridge, Ga. : Wilds of Fannin County Press, 2007.
Photos[]
- Atlanta: 89 aerial views. Atlanta, GA: Aerial Photography Services, 1978.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Beau Cutts, PRAbook. Web, Feb. 28, 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Michelle E. Shaw, "Robert “Beau” Cutts, 66: Journalist, adventurer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 17, 2013, AJC.com. Web, Feb. 28, 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Karla Linn Merrifield, "In Memoriam, Robert C. "Beau" Cutts (1947-2013)," Bios A-E, Big Bridge. Web, Feb. 28, 2019.
- ↑ Search results = au:Beau Cutts, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Mar. 2, 2019.
External links[]
- Books
- Beau Cutts at Amazon.com
- About
- Beau Cutts at PRAbook
- Robert “Beau” Cutts, 66: Journalist, adventurer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution