| Robert Siegel | |
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| Born | 1939 (age 72–73) Illinois, United States |
| Occupation | poet, novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1973–present |
| Genres | poetry, children's literature, YA Fiction |
| Subjects | nature, mythology, spirituality |
| Notable work(s) | The Waters Under the Earth (poems); Whalesong (children's novel) |
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www.robert-siegel.com |
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Robert H. Siegel (born 1939 in Illinois) is an American poet and novelist. He has authored four books of poetry and five children's novels.
Siegel graduated from Wheaton College in 1961, and received an MA in writing from Johns Hopkins University and a PhD in English literature from Harvard University. Siegel was a professor at Dartmouth College, Princeton University, and Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, and directed the graduate creative writing program for 23 years at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee where he is currently professor emeritus of English. His poetry has received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, Poetry, Transatlantic Review, and has been nominated twice for The Pushcart Prize for Poetry. His children's fiction includes the award-winning Whalesong[1] trilogy, which has been translated into seven languages. He currently lives in Maine.
Poetry
Children's Literature