Peter Klappert
American poet (born 1942)
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Peter Klappert (born 1942 in Rockville Centre, New York) is an American poet.
Peter Klappert | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1942 (age 83–84) |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Cornell University University of Iowa |
| Genre | Poetry |
Life
He grew up in West Hempstead, New York, and Rowayton, Connecticut. He graduated from Cornell University and the University of Iowa, with an M.A. and an M.F.A.[1]
His work has appeared in AGNI,[2] Antaeus,[3] Atlantic Monthly, Harper's,[4] Ploughshares, AWP Chronicle, Lambda Book Report, The Gettysburg Review,[5] and The Southern Review.[6]
He was Briggs-Copeland Lecturer at Harvard University, and Writer-in-Residence at College of William and Mary.[citation needed]
He taught at Rollins College and New College of Florida, and George Mason University before retiring in 2006.[7][8]
Awards
- 1971 Yale Younger Poets Award
- 1973 National Endowment for the Arts grant
- Ingram Merrill Foundation grant
- Yaddo resident fellowship
- The MacDowell Colony resident fellowship
- La Fondation Karolyi resident fellowship
- The Millay Colony for the Arts resident fellowship
Works
- "The Cat Lover", AGNI 4, 1975
- "Enrichissez Vous", AGNI 4, 1975
- "Variegations", AGNI 4, 1975
- "Satan Who Is Most Noisy When He Whispers", AGNI 12, 1980
- "If Innocent", Ploughshares, Summer 1981
- "The Prime of Life", Ploughshares, Winter 1991-92
- "CHOKECHERRIES"; "IMPATIENS"; "DOSTOEVSKI SAID MAN"; "CLOSING IN NEW HAVEN"; "THE COURTSHIP OF THE MORTICIANS"; "J'ACCUSE", Beltway Poetry Quarterly Volume 3, Number 1, Winter 2002
- "CEREBRAL CORTEX", Six Gallerys Press
- How I Stopped Writing Poetry and Other Poems
- Chokecherries: New and Selected Poems, 1966-1999. Orchises. 2000. ISBN 978-0-914061-81-6.
- Circular Stairs, Distress in the Mirrors. Marlboro, Vt.: Six Gallery Press. 2008. ISBN 978-0-9810091-1-7.
- Idiot Princess of the Last Dynasty. New York: Knopf. 1984. ISBN 978-0-394-51383-6.
- '52 pick-up: scenes from the conspiracy : a documentary : a poem in 52 scenes, 2 jokers and an extra ace of spades. Orchises Press. 1984. ISBN 978-0-914061-02-1.
- Lugging Vegetables to Nantucket. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. 1971. ISBN 978-0-300-01453-2.
Anthologies
- William Smart, ed. (1984). "Stages of a Journey Inland". From Mt. San Angelo: stories, poems & essays. Associated University Presses. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8453-4508-5.