John Meade Haines. Courtesy Babelio.
John Meade Haines (June 29, 1924 - March 2, 2011) was an American poet and academic,[1] who served as the poet laureate of Alaska.
Life[]
Haines was born in Norfolk, Virginia.[1] He began fishing and hunting in Alaska in the 1940s, and homesteaded there in 1954.[2].
Haines taught graduate level and honors English classes at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He died in Fairbanks, Alaska.[3][4]
Recognition[]
Alaska poet John Haines
Haines was appointed the Poet Laureate of Alaska in 1969, and served until 1973.[5]
A collection of critical essays about his poetry, The Wilderness of Vision, was published in 1998.[6]
Tributes to Haines by literary critic John A. Murray were published in the Bloomsbury Review (July-August 2011) and the Sewanee Review (Winter 2012).
Awards[]
- 2008 Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry
- 2007 USA Rasmuson Fellow from United States Artists
- 2005 Rasmuson Foundation Distinguished Artist
- University of Alaska Northern Momentum Scholar, 2002
- Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize for New Poems (2000)
- Western States Book Award for New Poems (2000)
- Fellow, the Academy of American Poets, 1997
- Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alaska Center for the Book/Library of Congress, 1994
- Poets' Prize, 1991
- Alaska Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts
- two Guggenheim Fellowships
- National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
- Amy Lowell Traveling Fellowship, 1976–1977
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Winter News. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1966
- revised edition, 1983.
- Suite for the Pied Piper. Ox Head Press, 1968.
- The Legend of Paper Plates. Unicorn Press, 1970.
- The Mirror. Unicorn Press, 1970.
- The Stone Harp. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1971.
- Twenty Poems. Unicorn Press, 1971; 3rd edition, 1982.
- Leaves and Ashes. Kayak Press, 1975.
- In Five Years Time. Smokeroot Press, 1976.
- Cicada. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1977.
- In a Dusty Light. St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 1977.
- The Sun on Your Shoulder. St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 1977.
- News from the Glacier: Selected poems, 1960-1980. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1982.
- New Poems. Story Line Press, 1990.
- The Owl in the Mask of the Dreamer: Collected poems. St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 1993.
- At the End of This Summer: Poems, 1948-1954. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1997.
- For the Century's End: Poems, 1990-1999. Seattle & London: University of Washington Press, 2000.
Prose[]
- Living off the Country: Essays on poetry and place. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1981.
- Other Days (memoir), Graywolf Press, 1982.
- Of Traps and Snares (three essays on trapping and wilderness life). Dragon Press, 1982.
- Stories We Listened To. Bench Press, 1986.
- You and I and the World (essays). Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1988.
- The Stars, the Snow, the Fire. St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 1989.
- Rain Country. Mad River Press, 1990.
- Fables and Distances: New and selected essays. St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 1996.
Translated[]
- Miguel Hernandez, El Amor Ascentia. Ox Head Press, 1967.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy the Poetry Foundation.[2]
Ice Child by John Haines
Audio / video[]
- Winter Light (2008). CD; readings from earlier collections of poems and essays, with introductions to each collection. Read by the author.
See also[]
| Preceded by Oliver Everette |
Poet Laureate of Alaska 1969-1973 |
Succeeded by Ruben Gaines |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Haines, Academy of American Poets. Poets.org, Web, Sep. 6, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 John Haines 1924-2011, Poetry Foundation, Web, Sep. 28, 2012.
- ↑ Smetzer, Mary Beth (March 2, 2011). "Former Alaska poet laureate John Haines dies". Fairbanks Daily News. http://newsminer.com/bookmark/12139001/Former-Alaska-poet-laureate-John-Haines-dies. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
- ↑ Martin, Douglas (March 5, 2011). "John Haines, a Poet of the Wild, Dies at 86". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/05/arts/05haines.html. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
- ↑ Alaska, Poets Laureate, Main Reading Room, Library of Congress. Web, Mar. 5, 2011.
- ↑ Walzer, Kevin; Bezner, Kevin, eds (May 1996). The Wilderness of Vision: On the Poetry of John Haines. Story Line Press. ISBN 978-1-885266-22-4.
External links[]
- Poems
- John Haines profile & 2 poems at the Academy of American Poets
- John Haines 1924-2011 at the Poetry Foundation
- Books
- John Haines at Amazon.com
- About
- John Haines, a Poet of the Wild, Dies at 86," New York Times, Mar.6, 2011.
- Bourne, Daniel; Kooistra, John (1998). "Certain Things Intruding on the Wilderness: A Three-Cornered Conversation with John Haines". Artful Dodge. http://www3.wooster.edu/artfuldodge/interviews/haines.htm. Kooistra was a long-time friend of Haines.
- Gioia, Dana, "Introduction", in Haines, John (1990). New Poems, 1980-1988. Story Line Press.
- "Review of The Wilderness of Vision". http://www.jeffers.org/reviews/review8.html.Template:Dead link The Wilderness of Vision is a collection of criticism of Haines' poetry.
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