Philip F. Deaver in 2010. Photo by XLR8TION. Licensed under Creative Commons, courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
| Philip F. Deaver | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 14, 1946 Chicago, Illinois |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | USA |
| Genres | Short fiction, poetry, novels |
Philip F. Deaver (born August 14, 1946) is an American poet, prose writer, and academic.
Life[]
Deaver was born in Chicago, and grew up in Tuscola, Illinois. Following high school, Deaver attended St. Joseph's College in Rensselaer, Indiana, where he majored in English literature. Deaver married in 1968, and taught in 1968-69 at St. Francis High School, Wheaton, Illinois. In the summer of 1969, he was drafted into the U.S. Army and stationed in Frankfurt, Germany.
Following military service, Deaver worked in a Model Cities program in Indianapolis. He received consecutive Charles Stewart Mott Fellowships, resulting in a Masters Degree in Education at Ball State University and a Doctorate from the University of Virginia.
He is a professor of English and permanent writer-in-residence at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. He also lectures at Spalding University's limited residency Master of Fine Arts program.
Literary career[]
His work has appeared in literary magazines, including The [[New England Review]], Kenyon Review, Frostproof Review, the Florida Review, Poetry Miscellany, and The Reaper.
In May 2005 his collection of poems, How Men Pray, was published. In August of that year two poems – The Worrier's Guild and Flying – were selected by Garrison Keillor for The Writer's Almanac. In the summer of 2006, Deaver's story Lowell and the Rolling Thunder appeared in the Kenyon Review with an interview with the author posted on their website at kenyonreview.com.
Recognition[]
In 1986 he received the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction for his story collection Silent Retreats (University of Georgia Press, 1988).
In 1988 his story Arcola Girls appeared in Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards.
In 1995 his short story, "Forty Martyrs," was cited in Best American Short Stories. Later that year his short story "The Underlife" was cited in the Pushcart Prize XX.
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- How Men Pray: Poems. Tallahassee, FL: Anhinga Press, 2005. ISBN 978-0-938078-82-1
Short fiction[]
- Silent Retreats: Stories . Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1988. ISBN 0-8203-0981-8
Editor[]
- Scoring from Second: Writers on baseball. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8032-5991-1
- The Orlando Group and Friends: A collection of writings and art (edited with Christine Blackwell, & Stephen Caldwell Wright). Orlando, Fla. : Arbiter Press, ©2000. ISBN 978-0-9621385-2-2
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[1]
See also[]
Gray - a poem by Philip F Deaver
References[]
- ↑ Search results = au?Philip F. Deaver, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Sep. 15, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- Audio / video
- Poems by Philip F. Deaver at The Writer's Almanac.
- Books
- Detailed bibliography
- Philip F. Deaver at Amazon.com
- About
- Biography and links at the Meacham Writers Workshop site
- Philip F. Deaver Official website.
- Nine Questions with ... Philip F. Deaver at the Court Street Literary Collective, 2010
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