Claude Wilkinson (born
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. Situated along the Mississippi River, it had a population of 633,104 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in Tenne ...
) is an American
poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...
and artist.
Life
He graduated from the
University of Mississippi
The University of Mississippi (Epithet, byname Ole Miss) is a Public university, public research university in University, near Oxford, Mississippi, United States, with a University of Mississippi Medical Center, medical center in Jackson, Miss ...
and
University of Memphis
The University of Memphis (Memphis) is a public university, public research university in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1912, the university has an enrollment of more than 20,000 students.
The university maintains the Herff Col ...
. He was writer-in-residence at the
University of Mississippi
The University of Mississippi (Epithet, byname Ole Miss) is a Public university, public research university in University, near Oxford, Mississippi, United States, with a University of Mississippi Medical Center, medical center in Jackson, Miss ...
.
His work has appeared in ''Atlanta Review,'' ''Blue Mesa Review'', ''
California State Poetry Quarterly'', ''Chattahoochee Review'', ''The Oxford American'', ''Poem'', ''South Dakota Review'', ''The Southern Review'' and ''Xavier Review.''
His paintings have been exhibited at
University of Mississippi
The University of Mississippi (Epithet, byname Ole Miss) is a Public university, public research university in University, near Oxford, Mississippi, United States, with a University of Mississippi Medical Center, medical center in Jackson, Miss ...
.
He lives in
Nesbit, Mississippi
Nesbit is an unincorporated community in DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States.
History
A post office operated under the name Nesbits Station from 1869 to 1881 and began operating under the name Nesbit in 1881.
In the early 1900s, an acade ...
.
Awards
* 2000
Whiting Award
The Whiting Award is an American award presented annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama
Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, ...
* 1999 Walter E. Dakin Fellowship in Poetry from the Sewanee Writers' Conference
* 1997
Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award
Works
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* ''Marvelous Light ''
Anthologies
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* ''Evensong: contemporary American poets on spirituality'' (Bottom Dog Press, 2006)
* ''Fresh Water'' (Pudding House Publications, 2002)
References
External links
"Claude Wilkinson", ''Mississippi Writers & Musicians''Profile at The Whiting Foundation
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American male poets
Artists from Memphis, Tennessee
Writers from Memphis, Tennessee
University of Mississippi alumni
University of Memphis alumni
Living people
People from Nesbit, Mississippi
1959 births