Elinor Benedict

Born: 06/04/1931   Chattanooga
Parents: Thomas M. and Mary H. Divine
Children: Samuel, Jonathan, Kathleen
Address(es):
Permanent :
8627 S. Lakside Dr.
Rapid River , MI 49878
USA
Winter :
185 North Lake Drive
Naples, , FL FL 34102
Contact Information:
Phone : (906) 474-9273
Phone : 239-261-7856 (FL)
Email : [email protected]
Website : http://www.elinorbenedict.com/index.html
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Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Late news from the wilderness Poetry Adult Charlotte, N.C. : Main Street Rag Publishing Company 2009
Image of All that divides us : poems All that divides us : poems Poetry Adult Logan : Utah State University Press 2000
The Tree Between Us Poetry Adult (March Street Press 1997
Chinavision Poetry Adult March Street Press 1995
The Green Heart: poems
- "Winner of the 1993 Illinois Writers, Inc. Annual Chapbook Competition."
Poetry Adult Normal, IL : Illinois Writers, Inc. 1994
Passages north anthology : a decade of good writing
- edited by Elinor Benedict ; preface by Charles Baxter.
Poetry Adult Minneapolis, Minn. : Milkweed Editions 1990
Contemporary Michigan Poetry: Poems From the Third Coast
- Included in anthology
Michigan , Poetry Adult Detroit, MI: Wayne State University 1988
A Bridge to China : poems = [T?ung wang Chung-kuo chih ch?iao]
- by Elinor Benedict and four Chinese women ; edited and translated by Elinor Benedict and William Liu.
Poetry Adult Plattsburgh, N.Y. : Hardwood Books 1983
Landfarer Poetry Adult Plattsburgh, N.Y. : Hardwood Books 1978
What is the aim or goal of your writing: To create writing of value out of experience and imagination.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet

Awards:

Name Date
May Swenson Poetry Award 2000
Sandburg-Livesay Award 1996
Illinois Writers Inc. Chapbook Award 1993
Coordinating Council for Literary Magazines (CCLM) Editors Award 1986
Michigan Council for the Arts Creative Arts Award 1985
AAUW Individual Project Award 1982
Ohio Press Association, First Prize for Community Service 1972
National Mental Health Bell Award for Media 1972
Mademoiselle Fiction Prize 1953

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Authors, 3rd. ed. 1993
Who's Who in American Writers and Editors 1990

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Vermont College Montpelier , VT 1981 -1983
Master of Arts (M.A.) Wright State University Dayton , OH 1976 -1977
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Duke University Durham , NC 1949 -1953
High school diploma Dobyn S. Bennett High School

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Freelance poet, Fiction writer Connecticut Review, The MacGuffin, The Bridge, Americas Review, Explorations, Driftwood Review 1993
Editor Passages North Magazine Escanaba , MI 1979 -1989
Instructor of English Bay de Noc Community College Escanaba , MI 1977 -1986
Public information consultant Centerville Public Schools Centerville , OH 1975 -1976
Staff writer Times Publications Kettering , OH 1969 -1976

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