Fred Davis Chappell (born May 28, 1936) is a Bollingen Prize-winning American poet.[1]
Fred Chappell. Courtesy North Carolina Literary Trails.
Life[]
Chappell was born in Canton, North Carolina.
He attended Duke University.
He retired after 40 years as an English professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.[2]
Recognition[]
His 1968 novel Dagon, a recasting of a Cthulhu Mythos horror story as a psychologically realistic Southern Gothic, was named the Best Foreign Book of the Year by the Académie française.
He won the World Fantasy Award twice: in 1992 for "The Somewhere Doors", and in 1994 for "The Lodger."
He was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1997 to 2002.[3]
His other literary awards include the Prix de Meilleur des Livres Etrangers, the Bollingen Prize, and the T.S. Eliot Prize.
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- The World between the Eyes. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1971.
- River. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1975.
- The Man Twice Married to Fire. Greensboro, NC: Unicorn Press, 1977.
- Bloodfire. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1978.
- Wind Mountain. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1979.
- Awakening to Music. Davidson, NC: Briarpatch Press, 1979.
- Earthsleep. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1980.
- Driftlake: A Lieder Cycle. Emory, VA: Iron Mountain Press, 1981.
- Midquest (includes River, Bloodfire, Wind Mountain, and Earthsleep). Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1981.
- Castle Tzingal. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1984.
- Source. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1986.
- First and Last Words. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1989.
- C: Poems. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1993.
- Spring Garden: New and selected poems. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1995.
- Family Gathering: Poems. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2000.
- Backsass: Poems. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2004.
- Shadow Box: Poems. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2009.
Fiction[]
- It Is Time, Lord. New York: Atheneum, 1963.
- The Inkling. New York: Harcourt, 1965; Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1998.
- Dagon. New York: Harcourt, 1968.
- The Gaudy Place. New York: Harcourt, 1972.
- Moments of Light (stories). Los Angeles, CA: New South, 1980.
- I Am One of You Forever. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1985.
- The Fred Chappell Reader (contains excerpts from his poetry, novels, and short stories). New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1987.
- Brighten the Corner Where You Are. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1989.
- More Shapes than One (stories). New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1991.
- Farewell, I’m Bound to Leave You (connected short stories). New York: Picador, 1996.
- Look Back All the Green Valley. New York: Picador USA, 1999.
- Ancestors and Others: New and selected stories. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2009.
Non-fiction[]
- Plow Naked: Selected Writings on Poetry (essays). Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1993.
- A Way of Happening: Observations of Contemporary Poetry (essays). New York: Picador USA, 1998.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy the Poetry Foundation.[4]
Audio / video[]
- Farewell, I'm Bound to Leave You (read by Tom Stechschulte; CD). Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, 1997.
North Carolina Writers Fred Chappell reads from Duet
- Look Back All the Green Valley (read by Tom Stechschulte; CD). Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, 1999.
Except where noted, discographical information courtesy WorldCat.[5]
See also[]
| Preceded by Sam Ragan |
North Carolina Poet Laureate 1997-2002 |
Succeeded by Kathryn Stripling Byer |
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ Fred Chappell Biography
- ↑ UNC News release - Poet Fred Chappell to present Thomas Wolfe Lecture Oct. 6
- ↑ North Carolina Poet Laureate | Biography: Fred Chappell
- ↑ Fred Chappell b. 1936, Poetry Foundation, Web, Aug. 18, 2012.
- ↑ Search results = au:Fred Chappell + audiobook, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Dec. 26, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- Fred Chappell ("Fireflies") at the Academy of American Poets
- Fred Chappell at the Poetry Foundation
- Audio / video
- Books
- Fred Chappell at Amazon.com
- About
- Fred Chappell at the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame
- Interview with Fred Chappell at 42Opus
- Etc.
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