Brigit Pegeen Kelly
Born: 1951 in Palo Alto, California
Died: October 14, 2016 in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Pen Name: None Connection to Illinois: Kelly lived in Central Illinois and taught in the creative writing program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Biography: Brigit Pegeen Kelly taught at the University of California at Irvine, Purdue University, and Warren Wilson College. She also taught numerous writers' conferences in the United States and Ireland. She was a professor of English at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. In 2002 the University of Illinois awarded her both humanities and campus-wide awards for excellence in teaching.In 2005 Orchard was a finalist for the Pulitzer.
Awards:
- '''''To The Place of Trumpets'''''
- -- Yale Younger Poets Award, selected by James Merrill, 1986 '''''Song'''''
- -- Lamont Poetry Selection, American Academy of American Poets, 1994 '''''The Orchard'''''
- -- Finalist, Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, 2005
- -- Finalist, Lo
Selected Titles
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Poems ISBN: 9781857549799 OCLC: 181069502 Carcanet, Manchester [England] : 2008. |
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Song : ISBN: 1880238136 OCLC: 32211076 |
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The orchard : ISBN: 1929918488 OCLC: 54111507 BOA Editions, Ltd, Rochester, NY : 2004. Richly allusive, the poems in Brigit Pegeen Kelly's "The Orchard "evoke elements of myth in distinctive aural and rhythmic patterns. Her poetic strength lies in her ability to cast poems as modern myths and allegories. Propelled by patterned repetitions and lush cadences, the poems move the reader through a landscape where waking and dream consciousness fuse. |
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To the place of trumpets / ISBN: 0300041519 OCLC: 16832369 Yale University Press, New Haven : ©1988. |