Michael Van Walleghen
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Michael Van Walleghen is an American poet. He has published six books of poetry; his second, More Trouble With the Obvious (1981
), was the winner of the Lamont Poetry Prize of the Academy of American Poets
. He has also received two National Endowment for the Arts
fellowships, first prize in the Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards
, a Pushcart Prize
, and several grants from the Illinois Arts Council. Before retirement he was a Professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
and was the first director of the MFA in Creative Writing program created there in 2003.
Van Walleghen began his academic career at Wichita State University
.
1981 in poetry
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), was the winner of the Lamont Poetry Prize of the Academy of American Poets
Academy of American Poets
The Academy of American Poets is a non-profit organization dedicated to the art of poetry. The Academy was incorporated as a "membership corporation" in New York State in 1934...
. He has also received two National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
fellowships, first prize in the Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards
Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards
The Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards was an annual series of poetry anthologies first published in 1949. The poems were selected from those published in a given year in English-language magazines and books; in each volume, individual poems were designated as first, second, or third place in a...
, a Pushcart Prize
Pushcart Prize
The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are invited to nominate up to 6 works they have featured....
, and several grants from the Illinois Arts Council. Before retirement he was a Professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
and was the first director of the MFA in Creative Writing program created there in 2003.
Van Walleghen began his academic career at Wichita State University
Wichita State University
Wichita State University is a NCAA Division I public university in Wichita, Kansas with selective admissions. WSU is one of six state universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The current president is Dr. Donald Beggs....
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Published works
- "The Permanence of Witches" published in The Best Poems of 1966 (Pacific Press).
- The Wichita Poems (1975)
- More Trouble With the Obvious (1981)
- Blue Tango: Poems (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1989. ISBN 0-252-06044-X)
- Tall Birds Stalking (1994)
- The Last Neanderthal (1999)
- Translations of Russian poet Dmitri Bobyshev in the anthology In the Grip of Strange Thoughts: Russian Poetry in a New Era (Zephyr Press, 1999)
- In the Black Window (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2002. ISBN 0-252-02921-6)