Elton Glaser 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 ...
. He has published collections of poetry and been published in literary magazines.
Life
He is a native of
New Orleans
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, is a retired Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English from the
University of Akron
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, and former editor of the Akron Series in Poetry.
He lives in
Akron, Ohio
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.
Awards
* 2010 Guy Owen Prize for his poem "Do the Do"
* 2009 Guy Owen Prize for his poem "Slow Fuse Around the Cranium"
* 2002 Marlboro Prize in Poetry for his poem, "Meditation in Blue and White"
* 2002
Crab Orchard Award
Bibliography
Collections
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Poems
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
20th-century American poets
University of Akron faculty
Writers from New Orleans
21st-century American poets