Alan Shapiro

Alan R. Shapiro (born February 18, 1952 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American poet and professor of English and creative writing program at the University of North Carolina, in Chapel Hill. He is the author of numerous poetry books, including Tantalus in Love, Song and Dance, and Dead Alive and Busy.

In addition to poetry, Shapiro has also published two personal memoirs, Vigil and The Last Happy Occasion.

Bibliography

Poetry collections

The Courtesy^[1]
Happy Hour^[2]
Covenant^[3]
Mixed Company^[4]
The Last Happy Occasion^[5]
Vigil^[6]
After the Digging^[7]
The Dead Alive and Busy^[8]^[9]
Song and Dance^[10]
Tantalus in Love^[11]
Old War"^[12]
Night of the Republic^[13]
Reel to Reel^[14]

List of poems

Title	Year	First published	Reprinted/collected
Reel to reel	2013	Shapiro, Alan (April 15, 2013). "Reel to reel". The New Yorker. 89 (9): 48–49. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite has empty unknown parameters: `\|1=` and `\|authormask=` (help)

Essays

Shapiro, Alan (1993). In praise of the impure : poetry and the ethical imagination : essays, 1980-1991. Evanston, Ill.: TriQuarterly Books. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |authormask= (help)

Awards and honors

Wallace Stegner Creative Writing Fellowship in poetry, Stanford University, 1975-76
Academy of American Poets Award, Stanford University, 1976
Illinois Arts Council Award (Happy Hour, Bedtime Story,Genie), 1984
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in poetry, 1984-85
Guggenheim Fellowship in poetry, 1985-86
Nomination for National Book Critics' Circle Award (Happy Hour), 1987
Robert and Hazel Ferguson Memorial Award (Happy Hour), 1987
William Carlos Williams Award (Happy Hour), 1987
Illinois Arts Council Award (Maison des Jeunes), 1988
Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers Award, 1991
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in poetry, 1991
John H. McGinnis Award for best essay (Fanatics), 1995
Los Angeles Times Book Award in poetry (Mixed Company), 1996
Finalist for National Book Circle Critics Award (The Last Happy Occasion ), 1996
Publisher's Weekly Best Book of the Year (The Last Happy Occasion), 1996
Pushcart Prize - Essay (Fanatics), 1996
New England Book Sellers Association Discovery of the Month Award (Vigil), 1997
Undergraduate Teaching Award, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1998
Arts Fellowship from The Project on Death in America of the Open Society Institute, 1999
Institute for the Arts and Humanities Fellowship, UNC (spring), 1999
O .B. Hardison Jr. Poetry Prize, from the Folger Library, 1999
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award (Dead Alive and Busy), 2001
American Academy of Arts and Letters Writer’s Award, 2002
Roanoke-Chowan Award - NC Literary and Historical Society, (Song & Dance), 2003
Elected Fellow to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2005
Roanoke-Chowan Award (Tantalus in Love ), 2005[1]
Sara Teasdale Award - Wellesley College, 2005
Ambassador Book Award - English Speaking Union of the United States (Old War), 2009
Finalist for National Book Award in poetry, 2012[2]

References

^ Shapiro, Alan (1983). The Courtesy (Phoenix Poets ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226750279.
^ Shapiro, Alan (1987). Happy Hour (Phoenix Poets ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226750293.
^ Shapiro, Alan (1991). Covenant (Phoenix Poets ed.). Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226750453.
^ Shapiro, Alan (1996). Mixed Company (Phoenix Poets ed.). Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226750316.
^ Shapiro, Alan (1997). Last Happy Occasion. Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University Of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226750361.
^ Shapiro, Alan (1997). Vigil. Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226750347.
^ afterword, Alan Shapiro ; with a new (1998). After the Digging (. ed.). Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226750415.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Shapiro, Alan (2000). The dead alive and busy. Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226750514.
^ Shapiro, Alan (2000). The Dead Alive and Busy (Phoenix Poets ed.). Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226750514.
^ Shapiro, Alan (2004). Song & Dance (1st Mariner Books ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0618382293.
^ Shapiro, Alan (2005). Tantalus in love. Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0618452427.
^ Shapiro, Alan (2008). Old war. Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0618452435.
^ Shapiro, Alan (2012). Night of the Republic. Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0547329703.
^ Shapiro, Alan (2014). Reel to Reel. Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226110639.

External links

University of North Carolina: http://www.unc.edu
UNC English and creative program: http://englishcomplit.unc.edu/creative/faculty
Page of Alan Shapiro on UNC website: http://englishcomplit.unc.edu/people/shapiroa
Page of Alan Shapiro on Amazon": http://www.amazon.com/Alan-Shapiro/e/B000APXGVK/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1443446284&sr=1-2-ent

This biography of an American English academic is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This biographical article about an American poet born in the 1950s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] Shapiro, Alan (1983). The Courtesy (Phoenix Poets ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226750279.

[2] Shapiro, Alan (1987). Happy Hour (Phoenix Poets ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226750293.

[3] Shapiro, Alan (1991). Covenant (Phoenix Poets ed.). Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226750453.

[4] Shapiro, Alan (1996). Mixed Company (Phoenix Poets ed.). Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226750316.

[5] Shapiro, Alan (1997). Last Happy Occasion. Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University Of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226750361.

[6] Shapiro, Alan (1997). Vigil. Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226750347.

[7] terword, Alan Shapiro ; with a new (1998). After the Digging (. ed.). Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226750415.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[8] Shapiro, Alan (2000). The dead alive and busy. Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226750514.

[9] Shapiro, Alan (2000). The Dead Alive and Busy (Phoenix Poets ed.). Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226750514.

[10] Shapiro, Alan (2004). Song & Dance (1st Mariner Books ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0618382293.

[11] Shapiro, Alan (2005). Tantalus in love. Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0618452427.

[12] Shapiro, Alan (2008). Old war. Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0618452435.

[13] Shapiro, Alan (2012). Night of the Republic. Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0547329703.

[14] Shapiro, Alan (2014). Reel to Reel. Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226110639.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]