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Asa Bundy Sheffey

Born: 08/04/1913   Detroit , MI
Died: 02/25/1980
Parents: Asa Sheffey, Gladys Ruth Sheffey. Foster son of William Hayden, Sue Ellen Hayden
Children: Maia

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Collected Prose
- Edited by Frederick Glaysher 		Poetry Adult Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press 1984
American Journal
- (Publication Years: 1978, 1982) 		Poetry Adult Taunton, Mass. : Effendi Press 1978 -1982
Angle of Ascent: New and Selected Poems Poetry Adult New York : Liveright 1975
The Night-Blooming Cereus Poetry Adult London, Paul Breman Ltd 1972
Selected Poems Poetry Adult New York, October House 1970
Words in the Mourning Time; poems Poetry Adult New York, October House 1970
Kaleidoscope: Poems by American Negro Poets
- Editor and author of introduction 		Poetry Adult New York : Harcourt, Brace & World 1967
A Ballad of Remembrance Poetry Adult Paul Breman (London) 1962
Figure of Time: Poems Poetry Adult Hemphill Press 1955
Heart-Shape in the Dust Poetry Adult Falcon Press 1940
Other writings:
- Contributed to such periodicals as Atlantic, Negro Digest, Midwest Journal, Michigan Chronicle 		Adult

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Poet
Other - Essayist

Awards:

Name Date
National Book Award nomination 1979
Academy of American Poets fellow 1977
Michigan Arts Foundation Award and Doctor of Humane Letters from Wayne State University and Benedict College 1977
Litt.D., Brown University 1976
Awarded degree of doctor of Humane Letters from Grand Valley State College 1976
First Black Poet selected as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress
- Now known as US Poet Laureate 		1976 -1978
National Book Award nomination 1971
Russell Loines Award, National Institute of Arts and Letters 1970
World Festival of Negro Arts grand prize 1966
Ford Foundation fellow in Mexico 1954 -1955
Julius Rosenwald fellow 1947
Hopwood Poetry Award from the University of Michigan
- Award received for following years: 1938, 1942 		1938 -1942

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Literary Luminaries from Elmore Leonard to Robert Hayden by Anna Clark, The History Press, 2015 2015
Michigan Authors, 3rd edition 1993
Literary Michigan by the Michigan Council for the Humanities 1988
Something about the Author
-  Something about the Author, volume(s) 19 Something about the Author - Obituary, volume(s) 26 		1980 -1982
Dictionary of Literary Biography, volume(s) 5, 76
- 5. American Poets Since World War II, 2 parts, edited by Donald J. Greiner. 76. Afro-American Writers, 1940–1955, edited by Trudier Harris 		1980 -1988
Contemporary Authors
-  Contemporary Authors, volume(s) 69-72 Contemporary Authors - Obituary, volume(s) 97-100 Contemporary Authors Bibliographical Series, volume(s) 2 Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, volume(s) 24, 75, 82 		1978 -2000
Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 5, 9, 14, 37 1976 -1986
American Authors and Books
Black American Writers Past and Present
Childhood in Poetry
- The Childhood in Poetry Collection is part of The John MacKay Shaw Collection housed at Florida State University Library and consists of books, works of art, manuscripts, catalogs and ephemera related to childhood. The collection includes bibliographies, biographies, literature, poetry, and criticism.
Contemporary Poets
Dictionary of Literature in the English Language
Living Black American Authors
Who's Who in America
World Authors
Writers Directory

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Arts (M.A.) University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI 1944
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Detroit City College (now Wayne State University) Detroit , MI 1936

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Consultant in Poetry
- Now U.S. Poet Laureate 		Library of Congress 1976 -1978
Member Michigan Arts Council 1975 -1976
Bingham Professor University of Louisville Louisville 1969
Professor of English University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI 1969 -1980
Assistant professor, professor Fisk University Nashville 1946 -1969
Teaching fellow University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI 1944 -1946
Researcher for Federal Writers' Project Detroit , MI 1936 -1940
Book Editor
Visiting Poet to several universities
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