Alan Richard Shapiro (born February 18, 1952, in

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, Massachusetts) is an American poet and professor of English and creative writing at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Shapiro's poetry books include ''Tantalus in Love'', ''Song and Dance'', and ''Dead Alive and Busy''. In addition to poetry, Shapiro has published two personal memoirs, ''Vigil'' and ''The Last Happy Occasion''.

Bibliography

Poetry collections

*''The Courtesy'' *''Happy Hour'' *''Covenant'' *''Mixed Company'' *''The Last Happy Occasion'' *''Vigil'' *''After the Digging'' *''The Dead Alive and Busy'' *''Song and Dance'' *''Tantalus in Love'' *''Old War'' *''Night of the Republic'' *''Reel to Reel''

List of poems

Essays

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 *Publishers 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 ), 200

*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, 201

References

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: https://web.archive.org/web/20150928225157/http://englishcomplit.unc.edu/people/shapiroa *Page of Alan Shapiro on Amazon": https://www.amazon.com/Alan-Shapiro/e/B000APXGVK/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1443446284&sr=1-2-ent 1952 births Living people Writers from Boston Poets from Massachusetts American male poets American academics of English literature The New Yorker people 20th-century American poets 21st-century American poets University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers American male non-fiction writers {{US-poet-1950s-stub