Frank X. Gaspar
Frank Xavier Gaspar (born 1946) is a Portuguese American poet, novelist and professor. His most recent novel is Stealing Fatima (Counterpoint press, December, 2009). His most recent collection of poetry, Night of a Thousand Blossoms (Alice James Books, 2004) was one of 12 books honored as the "Best Poetry of 2004" by Library Journal. Gaspar's first four books all won awards: his first collection of poetry, The Holyoke, won the 1988 Morse Poetry Prize (selected by Mary Oliver); Mass for the Grace of a Happy Death won the 1994 Anhinga Prize for Poetry (selected by Joy Harjo); A Field Guide to the Heavens won the 1999 Brittingham Prize in Poetry (selected by Robert Bly;[1] and his novel, Leaving Pico, won the Barnes & Noble Discovery Award.[2]
He has published poems in numerous journals and magazines, including Ploughshares,[3] Harvard Review, Kenyon Review,[4] Prairie Schooner, Mid-American Review,[5] and Gettysburg Review. His poetry has been anthologized in Best American Poetry 1996 and 2000. He has also won a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and three Pushcart Prizes.
Born in Provincetown, Massachusetts,[6] Gaspar served in the U.S. Navy in the Vietnam War.[7] He earned an MFA from the University of California, Irvine.
During fall semester of 2010, he taught in the Department of English at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth as the Endowed Chair Professor in Portuguese Studies.[8] He is Professor Emeritus at Long Beach City College in Long Beach, California, and often teaches in the Graduate Writing Program at Antioch University Los Angeles.[9]
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[edit] Published works
Poetry Collections
- Night of a Thousand Blossoms (Farmington: Alice James Books, 2004)[10]
- A Field Guide to the Heavens (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1999)[11]
- Mass for the Grace of a Happy Death (Tallahassee: Anhinga Press, 1995)[12]
- The Holyoke (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1988)[13]
Novels
- Stealing Fatima (Counterpoint, December, 2009) (see Counterpoint LLC)[14]
- Leaving Pico (Hanover: University Press of New England, 1999)[15]
[edit] References
- ^ University of Wisconsin Press > Brittingham Prize Winners
- ^ Alice James Books > Author Page > Frank Gaspar
- ^ Ploughshares > Authors & Articles > Frank X. Gaspar
- ^ The Kenyon Review > Winter 1999 New Series · Volume XXI Number 1 > Contributors
- ^ Mid-American Review > Volume XXV, No. 1 > Table of Contents
- ^ Anhinga Press > Author Bio
- ^ Anhinga Press > Author Bio
- ^ [1]
- ^ Author Website
- ^ Library of Congress Online Catalog > Frank X. Gaspar Search
- ^ Library of Congress Online Catalog > Frank X. Gaspar Search
- ^ Library of Congress Online Catalog > Frank X. Gaspar Search
- ^ Library of Congress Online Catalog > Frank X. Gaspar Search
- ^ Library of Congress Online Catalog > Frank X. Gaspar Search
- ^ Library of Congress Online Catalog > Frank X. Gaspar Search
[edit] Sources
Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2002. PEN (Permanent Entry Number): 0000138095
[edit] External links
- Official Web site of Frank X. Gaspar
- Interview: Connotation Press > Issue IV, Volume II > January 2010 > Frank X. Gaspar - Interview
- Interview: University Press of New England > Features > Interview with Frank X. Gaspar
- Poems: WebdelSol > Poems by Frank X. Gaspar from Perihelion
- Poem: Academy of American Poets > The One God Is Mysterious by Frank Gaspar
- 1946 births
- Living people
- American poets
- American novelists
- Writers from California
- People from California
- Writers from Massachusetts
- American academics
- American people of Portuguese descent
- University of California alumni
- National Endowment for the Arts Fellows
- American military personnel of the Vietnam War
- People from Provincetown, Massachusetts
