Richard
Williford
Tillinghast
Born:
11/25/1940
Memphis,
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Parents: Raymond Charles (a mechanical engineer) and Martha Tillinghast
Spouse: Nancy Walton Pringle (1st), Mary Graves (2nd)
Children: (2nd) Josh, Julia, Andrew, Charles
Address(es):
HI
TN
Contact Information:
Website: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rwtill
Parents: Raymond Charles (a mechanical engineer) and Martha Tillinghast
Spouse: Nancy Walton Pringle (1st), Mary Graves (2nd)
Children: (2nd) Josh, Julia, Andrew, Charles
Address(es):
HI
TN
Contact Information:
Website: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rwtill
Writings
| Image | Title | Genre | Audience | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Armchair traveller's history of Istanbul : city of remembering and forgetting | Non Fiction, Travel | Adult | London : Armchair Traveller | 2012 | |
| Wayfaring Stranger | Poetry | Adult | San Luis Obispo, CA : Word Palace Press | 2012 | |
| Finding Ireland : A Poet's Explorations of Irish Literature and Culture | Poetry | Adult | South Bend, IN : University of Notre Dame Press | 2009 | |
| The New Life : Poems | Poetry | Adult | Providence, RI : Copper Beech Press | 2008 | |
| Poetry and What is Real | Poetry | Adult | Ann Arbor, MI : University of Michigan Press | 2004 | |
| Six Mile Mountain | Poetry | Adult | Ashland, OR : Story Line Press | 2000 | |
| Today in the Cafe Trieste | Poetry | Adult | Chester Springs, PA : Dufour Editions | 1997 | |
|
A Visit to the Gallery : The University of Michigan Museum of Art - Editor and Author of Introduction : published on the occasion of the Museum of Art's fiftieth anniversary |
Non Fiction | Adult | Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan | 1997 | |
|
Robert Lowell's Life and Work : Damaged Grandeur - Criticism |
Non Fiction | Adult | Ann Arbor, MI : University of Michigan Press | 1995 | |
| The Stonecutter's Hand : Poems | Poetry | Adult | Boston, MA : David R. Godine | 1994 | |
|
Contemporary Michigan Poetry : Poems from the Third Coast - Included in Anthology |
Poetry | Detroit, MI : Wayne State University | 1988 | ||
|
Our Flag Was Still There - Includes Swanee in Ruins |
Poetry | Adult | Middletown, CN : Wesleyan University Press | 1984 | |
| Sewanee in Ruins | Poetry | Adult | Sewanee, Tennessee : University of the South | 1981 | |
| The Knife and Other Poems | Poetry | Adult | Middletown, CN : Wesleyan University Press | 1980 | |
| Sleep Watch | Poetry | Adult | Middletown, CN : Wesleyan University Press | 1969 | |
| - Contributor to Antaeus, Atlantic Monthly, Boston Globe, Crazy Horse, Critical Quarterly, Harper's Bazaar, Nation, New Republic, New Yorker, Ploughshares, Southern Review, Yale Review | Poetry |
May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No
Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No
Skills:
Author
Poet
Other - Reviewer
Awards:
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Guggenheim Fellowship | 2010 |
| Honorary doctorate from the University of the South | 2008 |
|
Southern Review’s Cleanth Brooks Prize for Creative Nonfiction - For his long essay “Istanbul in Winter" |
2007 |
|
James Dickey Poetry Prize - For "Five Points" |
2006 |
| Pushcart Prize Nomination | 1993-1995 |
|
Ann Stanford Prize for Poetry - For "Pasha's Daughter, 1914" |
1992 |
| University of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Study, Faculty Recognition Award | 1990 |
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Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship - He moved his family to Kinvara, a tiny fishing village on Ireland’s Galway Bay. |
1990-1991 |
| Michigan Council for the Arts Creative Artist Grant | 1986 |
| Yaddo Writers' Retreat Residency | 1986 |
| Michigan Arts Council Grant | 1985 |
| Bread Loaf Fellowship | 1982 |
| University of California, Berkeley, Creative Arts Institute Grant | 1970 |
| Harvard University, Sinclair-Kennedy Travel Grant | 1966-1967 |
| Woodrow Wilson Fellowship | 1962-1963 |
|
Washtenaw Council for the Arts, Annie Award - Award received for following years: 1993, 1995 |
|
| Bear River Writers's Conference, Petoskey, MI |
Inclusion in biographical or critical works:
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Literary Michigan by The Michigan Council for the Humanities | 1988 |
| Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 29 | 1984 |
|
Contemporary Authors - Contemporary Authors, volume(s) 29-32R Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series, volume(s) 23 Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, volume(s) 26, 51, 96 |
1978-2001 |
Memberships:
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Member and Board of Directors of The Poet's House, Ireland |
Education:
| Degree | Institution | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) | Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | 1970 |
| Master of Arts (A. M.) | Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | 1963 |
| Bachelor of Arts (A. B.) | University of the South | Sewanee, TN | 1962 |
Career:
| Position | Organization | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| - Summer fellowhip at University of Bosphorus, Istanbul | American Institute in Turkey Fellowship | Turkey | 1990-1990 |
| Faculty Associate | Michigan Institute for the Humanities | Ann Arbor | 1989-1990 |
| Associate Professor, Professor of English | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor | 1983-2005 |
| Briggs-Copeland Lecturer on Poetry | Harvard University | Cambridge, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent | 1980-1983 |
| Visiting Professor | University of the South | Sewanee, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent | 1979-1980 |
| Assistant professor of English | University of California | Berkeley | 1968-1973 |
|
Poetry Reviewer - New York Times Book Review, Washington Post, The Nation, The Hudson Review, and The New Criterion |
New York Times Book Review, Washington Post and The Nation |
Other Resources:
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