Hugh Ogden
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Hugh Ogden was an American poet and educator. Born March 11, 1937, in Erie, Pennsylvania, Ogden was a 1959 graduate of Haverford College. Ogden received his master’s degree from New York University and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He taught at the University of Michigan
and then for four decades at Trinity College. While at Trinity, Ogden co-founded the College’s creative writing program in 1968. Ogden has written an estimated 400 to 500 poems, many of which have been published in small presses and magazines, and he has won a National Endowment for the Arts grant and two Connecticut Commission on the Arts Fellowships. In 1998, Ogden was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in Poetry. Ogden died on December 31, 2006, after falling through the ice on Rangeley Lake in Maine.
Bringing a Fir Straight Down (2004)
Looking for History (1991)
Two Roads and This Spring (1993)
Windfalls (1996)
Natural Things (1998)
and Gift (1998)
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
and then for four decades at Trinity College. While at Trinity, Ogden co-founded the College’s creative writing program in 1968. Ogden has written an estimated 400 to 500 poems, many of which have been published in small presses and magazines, and he has won a National Endowment for the Arts grant and two Connecticut Commission on the Arts Fellowships. In 1998, Ogden was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in Poetry. Ogden died on December 31, 2006, after falling through the ice on Rangeley Lake in Maine.
Select Publications
Turtle Island Tree Psalms (2006)Bringing a Fir Straight Down (2004)
Looking for History (1991)
Two Roads and This Spring (1993)
Windfalls (1996)
Natural Things (1998)
and Gift (1998)