Russell Edson
Russell Edson (born 1935 in Connecticut) is an American poet, novelist, writer and illustrator, and the son of the cartoonist-screenwriter Gus Edson.
He studied art early in life and attended the Art Students League as a teenager. He began publishing poetry in the 1960s. His honors as a poet include a Guggenheim fellowship[1] and several fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts.[2]
Books
He has published numerous collections of prose poetry, short stories and fables, one novel, The Song of Percival Peacock, and The Falling Sickness: A Book of Plays. His most recent book is See Jack (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009).
He lives in Darien, Connecticut with his wife Frances.[3][4]
Selected bibliography
Full-length prose poetry collections
- See Jack (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009)
- The Rooster's Wife: Poems (BOA Editions, Ltd., 2005)
- The Tormented Mirror (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001)
- The Tunnel: Selected Poems of Russell Edson (Oberlin College Press, 1994)
- The Wounded Breakfast(Wesleyan University Press, 1985)
- With Sincerest Regrets (Burning Deck Press, 1980)
- The Reason Why the Closet-Man Is Never Sad (Wesleyan University Press, 1977)
- Edson's Mentality (OINK! Press, 1977)
- The Intuitive Journey and Other Works (Harper & Row, 1976)
- Gulping's Recital (Guignol Books, 1983)
- The Clam Theater (Wesleyan University Press, 1973)
- The Childhood Of An Equestrian (Harper & Row, 1973)
- Ceremonies in Bachelor Space (1951)
Chapbooks
- Wuck Wuck Wuck! (with linocut by Richard Mock, Red Ozier Press, 1984)
Novels
Short Stories & Fables
- Tick Tock: Short Stories (illustrated with woodcuts, Demitasse/Coffee House Press, 1992)
- What a Man Can See: Fables (with drawings by Ray Johnson, 1969)
- The Brain Kitchen: Writings and Woodcuts (Thing Press, 1965)
- The Very Thing That Happens: Fables and Drawings (New Directions Publishing, 1964)
- Appearances: Fables and Drawings (Thing Press, 1961)
- A Stone Is Nobody's: Fables and Drawings (Thing Press, 1961)
Plays
Honors and awards
- 1992 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship[6]
- 1981 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship
- 1976 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship
- 1974 Guggenheim Fellowship
References
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