Robert Morgan (poet)

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Robert Morgan
Born1944 (1944)
Occupation
  • Short story writer
  • poet
  • novelist
NationalityAmerican
Education North Carolina State University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina Greensboro (MFA)
Website
www.robert-morgan.com

Robert Morgan (born 1944) is an American poet, short story writer, and novelist.

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Life

He studied at North Carolina State University as an engineering and mathematics major, transferred to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as an English major, graduating in 1965, and completed an MFA degree at the University of North Carolina Greensboro in 1968.

He has taught at Cornell University since 1971, and was appointed Professor of English in 1984. [1]

Awards

Bibliography

Poetry

Collections
List of poems
TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collected
Fern glade2009Morgan, Robert (December 2009). "Fern glade". The Atlantic. 304 (5): 74.

Short fiction

Collections
Stories [4]
TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collectedNotes
The distant blue hillsThe Southern Review

Novels

Non-fiction

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References

  1. "Robert Morgan". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  2. Daniel Aloi (2007-04-19). "Writer Robert Morgan wins literary prize from American Academy of Arts and Letters". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  3. Daniel Aloi (2008-09-09). "Kindred writer and spirit Robert Morgan receives 2008 Thomas Wolfe Prize". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  4. Short stories unless otherwise noted.