Robert Wrigley
College of Letters, Arts & Social Sciences
Department of English
Professor
With UI Since 1999
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M.F.A., University of Montana, 1976
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B.A., English, Southern Illinois University, 1974
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Poetry
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Poetry Writing
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Poetics
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Literature
A former Guggenheim Foundation and two-time NEA Fellow, Robert Wrigley has published eight books of poetry. Two new books--one in the UK and one in the US--will appear in 2013
- Beautiful Country, (Penguin, 2010)
- Earthly Meditations: New and Selected Poems, 2006
- Poems published in many periodicals, including The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Poetry, and The Yale Review.
*See CV for full listings of publications, research, outreach and awards.
- Residency, Liguria Study Center, Bogliasco Foundation, Genoa, Italy, 2011
- Pushcart Prizes (six since 1989, most recently 2009)
- The Poets’ Prize (2003)
- Kingsley Tufts Award in Poetry (2000)
- Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1996
- San Francisco Poetry Center Book Award (1997)
- National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships (1978 and 1984)
