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Fred Chappell Receives Order of the Long Leaf Pine
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GREENSBORO – Poet and author Fred Chappell has received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, a state honor that recognizes North Carolinians for outstanding public service.
Chappell received the honor in recognition of his five years of service as Poet Laureate for the state. Mary Regan, executive director of the N.C. Arts Council, presented the award during a program held at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
“Fred Chappell has been a gracious and effective ambassador for the state,” Regan said during the ceremony. “With his wit and humor, he has helped us introduce a new generation of North Carolinians to our state’s writers, both contemporary and historic. And through his own example, he has demonstrated that the writing and reading of poetry can be fun.”
Chappell was appointed the Burlington Industries Professor of English in 1988, and has taught at UNCG since 1964. He is the author of seven novels, 15 volumes of poetry, two books of essays and two books of short stories. A native of Canton, Chappell holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from Duke University.
His major honors include: the 2000 Southeastern Booksellers Association Prize; the 1999 Leila Lenore Heasley Prize, presented by Lyon College; the 1996 Aiken Taylor Award in Modern American Poetry, which is presented by the Sewanee Review; the 1993 T.S. Eliot Award for Creative Writing from the Ingersoll Foundation in Rockford, Ill.; and the 1986 O. Max Gardner Award from the UNC system. He also was the joint recipient of the 1985 Bollingen Prize in Poetry of the Yale University Library.
Chappell’s work has received wide critical recognition. His poems are the subject of a book of essays, “Dream Garden: The Poetry of Fred Chappell,” released by LSU Press. He received the 1990 Thomas H. Carter Prize for the Essay given by Shenandoah, the literary review of Washington and Lee University. In 1983, three prominent literary journals devoted issues to his work: "Mississippi Quarterly: The Journal of Southern Culture," Kentucky Poetry Review, and "Abatis One," the literary magazine of the University of Tampa.
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