Carol Bergé
Encyclopedia
Life
She was a native of New York CityNew York City
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and studied at New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
and the New School for Social Research (now The New School
The New School
The New School is a university in New York City, located mostly in Greenwich Village. From its founding in 1919 by progressive New York academics, and for most of its history, the university was known as the New School for Social Research. Between 1997 and 2005 it was known as New School University...
).
She taught at Goddard College
Goddard College
Goddard College is a private, liberal arts college located in Plainfield, Vermont, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Goddard College currently operates on an intensive low-residency model...
; the University of Southern Mississippi, where she edited the Mississippi Review; the University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico
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; and Wright State University
Wright State University
Wright State University is a comprehensive public university with strong doctoral, research, and undergraduate programs, rated among the 260 Best National Universities listed in the annual "America's Best Colleges" rankings by U.S. News and World Report. Wright State is located in Fairborn, Ohio,...
.
She was a founder of the Poetry Workshop, in New York City. Her work appeared in Origin, The Nation, Beatitude/East, Recall, Outburst, Seventh Street, Midwest, The Plume Horn.
She attended the Vancouver poetry seminar at the University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
in 1962, and wrote The Vancouver Report (1964), a report of that event. She published/edited the literary magazine Center, from 1970-1984.
Her papers are held at the University of Texas-Austin, and Washington University. Some letters are at Kent State University
Kent State University
Kent State University is a public research university located in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university has eight campuses around the northeast Ohio region with the main campus in Kent being the largest...
, and some manuscripts are at Syracuse University
Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
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Awards
- Helene Wurlitzer Foundation fellowship (1964)
- Fellowships-in-residence at the MacDowell ColonyMacDowell ColonyThe MacDowell Colony is an art colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, U.S.A., founded in 1907 by Marian MacDowell, pianist and wife of composer Edward MacDowell. She established the institution and its endowment chiefly with donated funds...
- National Endowment fellowship for creative writing (1979).