Donald Revell
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Donald Revell (b. 1954, Bronx, New York) is and American poet and translator.
Revell received his B.A. from Harpur College in 1975, his M.A. from SUNY Binghamton in 1977 and his Ph.D. from the University at Buffalo in 1980. Currently, he is professor of English Literature and Poetry at the University of Utah. In the fall of 2008 he will become Professor of English and Creative Writing and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
[edit] Life and work
Revell's works include poems: Arcady (2002), My Mojave (2003), Pennyweight Windows: New And Selected Poems (2005), and A Thief of Strings (2007) among others.
His translations include A Season in Hell by Arthur Rimbaud and Alcools: Poems by Guillaume Apollinaire (2005).
Revell's collections of prose include Invisible Green: Selected Prose (2005) and The Art of Attention: A Poet's Eye (2007).
Revell has won several awards for his work. He was a National Poetry Series Winner in 1982 for his first book of poems, From Abandoned Cities (1983). Other awards include:
- Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize (2004) for My Mojave
- PEN Center USA Award for Poetry (1991,2003)
- Pushcart Prize (1985)
- National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1988,2005)
- Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry (1992)
Revell also has a loose affiliation with the New York School group of poets. He has taught at the University of Tennessee, University of Denver, University of Missouri, University of Iowa, University of Colorado, University of Alabama and Ripon College (Wisconsin) in addition to the University of Utah.
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