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Born: 12/04/1935  Pontiac
Died: 06/03/2004
Parents: Beryl and Christina Ruggles
Children: Adam, Benjamin, Sarah Tompson,
Address(es):
Last known address:
Petaluma, CA
Contact Information:
Website: http://www.eugeneruggles.com/

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Roads of Bread: The Collected Poems of Eugene Ruggles - a collection of four separate volumes of poetry written by Pulitzer Prize- nominee, Eugene Ruggles. Delia Moon (Editor). Published posthumously.	Poetry	Adult	Petaluma, CA: Petaluma River Press	2010
	Lifeguard in the Snow	Poetry	Adult	Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press	1977
	Other writings: - His poems have appeared in Poetry, American Poetry Review, The Nation, The Hudson Review, Field, Kayak, Manoa, The New Yorker, Copperfield's Literary Magazine and Passages North	Poetry	Adult

What is the aim or goal of your writing: He went to San Francisco in the early 60s and became a regular in North Beach coffee houses. In his last weeks, he was battling an eviction at his hotel. He said, "I have no place to go and hardly any money, all I need is a river and a good bookstore, and I feel good."

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

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Poet

Name	Date
His book "Lifeguard in the Snow" was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize	1977
His book "Lifeguard in the Snow" won the Great Lakes College Association Award in Poetry
Grant from National Endowment for the Arts, P. E. N.
Grants from The American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Academy of American Poets

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