Hugh Seidman (1940 – November 9, 2023) was an American

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Life

Seidman was born in

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in 1940. He was a graduate of

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, where he studied under

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. His first book of poetry was published when

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selected it as the winner of the 1970

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. Seidman taught writing at the

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, the

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. His work appeared in ''The Brooklyn Rail'', ''Harper's'', ''The Paris Review'', ''Virginia Quarterly Review''. Seidman died on November 9, 2023 after a long illness.

Awards

* 2004 Green Rose Prize from New Issues Press (Western Michigan University) for ''SOMEBODY STAND UP AND SING'' * 2003, 1990 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) grant * 1990 Camden Poetry Award (Walt Whitman Center for the Arts) * 1985, 1972, 1970

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fellowship * 1971 New York State Creative Artists Public Service grant * 1970

Selected bibliography

"Case History: Melancholia", ''Virginia Quarterly Review'', Spring 2000 "The Daily Racing Form", ''Virginia Quarterly Review'', Spring 2000 "On the Other Side of the Poem", ''Virginia Quarterly Review'', Spring 2000
* * * * * * ''12 views of Freetown, 1 view of Bumbuna'', (Half Moon Bay Press), 2003. *

Anthologies

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Criticism

References

External links

"Author's website"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Seidman, Hugh 1940 births 2023 deaths American male poets University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty Yale University faculty College of William & Mary faculty The New School faculty Polytechnic Institute of New York University alumni Writers from Brooklyn