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E. G. Burrows

Born: 07/23/1917   Dallas
Died: 11/20/2011
Parents: Millar and Irene Burrows
Spouse: Beth E. Burrows
Children: Edwin, Daniel, David
Address(es):
Last known address:
Edmonds , WA
USA
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Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Sailing as Before
- Chapbook 		Poetry Adult TDM Press 2001
The Birds Under the Earth
- Chapbook 		Poetry Adult Owl Creek 1996
Handsigns for Rain
- Chapbook 		Poetry Adult Wayland Press 1989
The House of August Non Fiction Adult Ithaca, N.Y. : Ithaca House 1985
The Cup & the Unicorn: Episodes from a Life, Millar Burrows, 1889-1980 Biography Adult E. G. Burrows 1981
The Hopwood anthology : five decades of American poetry / edited by Harry Thomas and Steven Lavine.
- Included: Edwin Gladding Burrows -- Dear country cousin / Edwin Gladding Burrows -- The Admiral's daughter / Edwin Gladding Burrows - 		Poetry Adult Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press 1981
On the Road to Bailey's
- Chapbook 		Poetry Adult Highland Park, Mich. : Fallen Angel Press 1979
Properties: a Play for Voices Poetry Adult Princeton, NJ : Quarterly Review of Literature: v. 21, no. 1-2 1979
Kiva Poetry Adult Ithaca : Ithaca House 1976
The crossings : poems
- Chapbook 		Poetry Adult Kalamazoo, Mich. : New Moon/Humble Hills Press 1976
Man Fishing Poetry Adult Fremont, Mich., : Sumac Press 1969
The Artic Tern, and other Poems
- finalist for the National Book Award 		Poetry Adult New York, Grove Press 1957
Other writings:
- Poems in Paris Review, Poetry Northwest, Atlantic Monthly, Poetry Now, Michigan Review, Poetry, Epoch, and others. Verse plays broadcasted by Radio Nederland, Earplay, and others. 		Poetry Adult

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

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet

Awards:

Name Date
Borestone Mountain Poetry Award 1964
Fellow, Yaddo Foundation
- Award received for following years: 1963, 1966 		1963 -1966
Ohio State Award
- Award received for following years: 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1971, 1974 		1953 -1974
Hopwood Award, University of Michigan 1940
John Masefield Poetry Award 1938

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Literary Michigan by the Michigan Council for the Humanities 1988
Michigan Authors, 2nd ed., 3rd ed.
- Publication years: 1980, 1993 		1980 -1993
Contemporary Authors
International Who's Who in Poetry

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Arts (M.A.) University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI 1940
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Yale University New Haven , CT 1938

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Retired 1982
Director National Center for Audio Experimentation University of Wisconsin-Madison 1970 -1973
Manager and Executive producer WUOM/WVGR Ann Arbor , MI 1950 -1977
U.S. Navy 1943 -1946

Other Resources:

MeLCat Links:
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Papers located at University of Maryland: http://digital.lib.umd.edu/archivesum/actions.DisplayEADDoc.do?source=MdU.ead.npba.0026.xml&style=ead

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