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American poet (1936–2024)
Fred Davis Chappell (May 28, 1936 – January 4, 2024) was an author and poet.
[1] He was an English professor for 40 years (1964–2004) at the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro .
[2] He was the
Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1997 to 2002.
[3] He attended
Duke University .
His
1968 novel
Dagon , which was named the Best Foreign Book of the Year by the
Académie française , is a recasting of a
Cthulhu Mythos
horror story as a psychologically realistic
Southern Gothic .
His literary awards include the
Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry , the
Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger , the
Bollingen Prize , and the T. S. Eliot Award.
Fred Chappell died in Greensboro, North Carolina on January 4, 2024, at the age of 87.
[4]
[5]
Bibliography
Books
Poetry
Awakening to music . Briarpatch Press. 1979.
Backsass , LSU Press, 2004.
[6]
Bloodfire: A Poem ,
LSU Press , 1978.
C ,
LSU Press , 1993.
Castle Tzingal ,
LSU Press , 1984.
Driftlake: A Lieder Cycle , Iron Mountain Press, 1981.
Earthsleep: A Poem ,
LSU Press , 1980.
Familiars ,
LSU Press , 2014.
Family Gathering ,
LSU Press , 2000.
First and Last Words ,
LSU Press , 1989.
The Man Twice Married by Fire ,
Unicorn Press , 1975.
Midquest: A Poem (contains "River: A Poem", "Bloodfire: A Poem", "Windmountain: A Poem", and "Earthsleep: A Poem"),
LSU Press , 1981.
River: A Poem ,
LSU Press , 1975.
Shadow Box: Poems , :
Louisiana State University Press , 2009
Source ,
LSU Press , 1986.
Spring Garden: New and Selected Poems ,
LSU Press , 1995.
Wind Mountain: A Poem ,
LSU Press , 1979.
The World Between the Eyes ,
LSU Press , 1971.
Fiction
A Shadow All of Light , Tor Books, 2016
Ancestors and others : new and selected stories . St Martin's. 2009.
ISBN
9780312561673 .
Dagon , Harcourt, 1968, reprinted, St. Martin's, 1986. Reissued,
Boson Books , 2002
The Gaudy Place
[7]
[8]
The Inkling
[9] Reprinted
LSU Press 1998.
[10]
[11]
It Is Time, Lord
[12] Reprint
LSU Press 1996.
[13]
[14]
Moments of Light
[15]
[16]
More Shapes Than One , 1991
The Kirkman Tetralogy:
I Am One of You Forever ,
LSU Press , 1985
Brighten the Corner Where You Are ,
St. Martin's , 1989
Farewell, I'm Bound to Leave You
[17]
Look Back All the Green Valley
[18]
[19]
Other
Short stories
"The Adder"
Deathrealm (Summer 1989)
"Free Hand"
Deathrealm (Spring 1990)
"The Lodger" (1994
World Fantasy Award winner)
[20]
"The Somewhere Doors" (1992 World Fantasy Award winner)
Stories about Falco the Shadow Master's Apprentice.
[21]
"Creeper Shadows"
Cat Tales: Fantastic Feline Fiction (Wildside Press, Compilation 2008 by George H. Scithers(former editor of Weird Tales.): 135–175
"Dance of Shadows"
Fantasy and Science Fiction 112/3 (March 2007): 6–37 & Year's Best Fantasy 8 , (Jun 2008, ed. David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, publ. Tachyon Publications, 1-892391-76-7, 375pp, tp, anth)
"The Diamond Shadow"
Fantasy and Science Fiction 113/4&5 (October/November 2007): 42–74
"Shadow of the Valley"
Fantasy and Science Fiction 116/2 (February 2009): 5–40 &
"Thief of Shadows"
Fantasy and Science Fiction 118/5&6 (May/June 2010): 50–75
"Maze of Shadows"
Fantasy and Science Fiction 122/5&6 (May/June 2012): 69–135
Book reviews
Year
Review article
Work(s) reviewed
2008
Chappell, Fred (October–November 2008). "Curiosities".
F&SF . 115 (4&5): 242.
Forbes, Esther (1954). Rainbow on the road .
See also
References
^
Fred Chappell Biography
Archived October 25, 2007, at the
Wayback Machine
^
"UNC News release – Poet Fred Chappell to present Thomas Wolfe Lecture Oct. 6" .
Archived from the original on August 24, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2007 .
^
"North Carolina Poet Laureate | Biography: Fred Chappell" . Archived from
the original on September 8, 2005.
^ Risen, Clay (January 25, 2024).
"Fred Chappell, Writer Who Celebrated the Carolina Mountains, Dies at 87" . The New York Times . Retrieved January 25, 2024 .
^
Fred Chappell, acclaimed author and past NC Poet Laureate, dies at 87
^ Chappell, Fred (2004).
Backsass .
LSU Press .
ISBN
978-0-8071-2944-9 .
^ Chappell, Fred (1973).
The Gaudy Place .
Harcourt .
ISBN
978-0-917990-49-6 .
^ reprint . C&M Online Media, Inc. 2002.
ISBN
978-0-917990-49-6 .
^ Chappell, Fred (1965).
The Inkling .
Harcourt .
ISBN
978-1-932482-08-9 .
^ reprint . C&M Online Media, Inc. 2003.
ISBN
978-1-932482-08-9 .
^
"The Inkling by Fred Chappell" . Archived from
the original on May 29, 2010. Retrieved March 24, 2009 .
^ Chappell, Fred (1963).
It Is Time, Lord . Atheneum.
ISBN
978-1-932482-22-5 .
^ Reprint . C&M Online Media, Inc. 2005.
ISBN
978-1-932482-22-5 .
^
"It Is Time, Lord" . Archived from
the original on July 4, 2008.
^ Chappell, Fred (1980).
Moments of Light . New South Co.
ISBN
978-1-886420-26-7 .
^ reprint . C&M Online Media, Inc. 1996.
ISBN
978-1-886420-26-7 .
^ Chappell, Fred (1997).
Farewell, I'm Bound to Leave You . Macmillan.
ISBN
978-0-312-16834-6 .
^ Chappell, Fred (1996).
Look Back All the Green Valley . Picador USA.
ISBN
978-0-312-24310-4 .
^
reprint . Macmillan. 1999.
ISBN
978-0-312-24310-4 .
^ World Fantasy Convention.
"Award Winners and Nominees" . Archived from
the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved February 4, 2011 .
^
Fred Chappell at the
Internet Speculative Fiction Database
External links
1975–2000
"
Pages from a Young Girl's Journal " by
Robert Aickman (1975)
"
Belsen Express " by
Fritz Leiber (1976)
"
There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding " by
Russell Kirk (1977)
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The Chimney " by
Ramsey Campbell (1978)
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Naples " by
Avram Davidson (1979)
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Mackintosh Willy " by
Ramsey Campbell (1980, tie)
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The Woman Who Loved the Moon " by
Elizabeth A. Lynn (1980, tie)
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The Ugly Chickens " by
Howard Waldrop (1981)
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The Dark Country " by
Dennis Etchison (1982, tie)
"
Do the Dead Sing? " by
Stephen King (1982, tie)
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The Gorgon " by
Tanith Lee (1983)
"
Elle Est Trois, (La Mort) " by
Tanith Lee (1984)
"
The Bones Wizard " by
Alan Ryan (1985, tie)
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Still Life with Scorpion " by
Scott Baker (1985, tie)
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Paper Dragons " by
James Blaylock (1986)
"
Red Light " by
David J. Schow (1987)
"
Friend's Best Man " by
Jonathan Carroll (1988)
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Winter Solstice, Camelot Station " by
John M. Ford (1989)
"
The Illusionist " by
Steven Millhauser (1990)
"
A Midsummer Night's Dream " by
Neil Gaiman and
Charles Vess (1991)
"
The Somewhere Doors " by
Fred Chappell (1992)
"
Graves " by
Joe Haldeman (1993, tie)
"
This Year's Class Picture " by
Dan Simmons (1993, tie)
"
The Lodger " by
Fred Chappell (1994)
"
The Man in the Black Suit " by
Stephen King (1995)
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The Grass Princess " by
Gwyneth Jones (1996)
"
Thirteen Phantasms " by
James Blaylock (1997)
"
Dust Motes " by
P. D. Cacek (1998)
"
The Specialist's Hat " by
Kelly Link (1999)
"
The Chop Girl " by
Ian R. MacLeod (2000)
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