| 词条 | Bill Holm (poet) |
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BiographyHolm was born on a farm north of Minneota, Minnesota in 1943 and attended Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota where he graduated in 1965. Later, he attended the University of Kansas. He was Professor Emeritus of English at Southwest Minnesota State University, where he taught classes on poetry and literature until his retirement in 2007.[3] Holm was named the McKnight Distinguished Artist of the Year in 2008. This award celebrates artists who have left a significant imprint on the culture of Minnesota. Holm was named a Bush Foundation Arts Fellow in 1982 and 1995 and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow in 1987. He received Minnesota Book Awards in 1991 and 1997. For his service to Iceland, he earned the Sue M. Cobb Award for Exemplary Diplomatic Service in 2003. In 1991, Gustavus Adolphus College awarded Holm a Distinguished Alumni Citation and in 2002 he received an honorary doctorate.[4][5] [6][7]He was the grandson of Icelandic immigrants and spent part of every year at his second home in Hofsós, Iceland. Holm died February 25, 2009, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at 65 years, of complications of pneumonia.[8] BooksHolm is the author of twelve books of poems and essays:[9]
Audio booksHolm has published 4 audio books of poems and essays on CD:
References1. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.mprnews.org/story/2009/02/26/billholm_obit|title= Minnesota author Bill Holm|publisher= Minnesota Public Radio|accessdate= May 1, 2016}} 2. ^{{cite web|url= http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/features/deskofgk/2009/02/26.shtml|title= Bill Holm: 1943–2009 |publisher= A Prairie Home Companion |author= Garrison Keillor |accessdate= May 1, 2016}} 3. ^Gustavus Adolphus College, February 26, 2009 Gustavus Alumnus and Author Bill Holm Dies 4. ^Star Tribune, May 12, 2008 Retrieved September 22, 2008. 5. ^{{cite web|url= https://www.mcknight.org/resource-library/grant-programs/arts/bill-holm-2008-distinguished-artist?with_layout=1|title= Bill Holm: 2008 Distinguished Artist|publisher= The McKnight Foundation|accessdate= May 1, 2016}} 6. ^{{cite web|url= https://www.mcknight.org/newsroom/news-releases/writer-and-poet-bill-holm-receives-11th-annual-mcknight-distinguished-artist-award|title= Writer and poet Bill Holm receives 11th annual McKnight Distinguished Artist Award|publisher= The McKnight Foundation|accessdate= May 1, 2016|deadurl= yes|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160507050005/https://www.mcknight.org/newsroom/news-releases/writer-and-poet-bill-holm-receives-11th-annual-mcknight-distinguished-artist-award|archivedate= May 7, 2016|df= }} 7. ^{{cite web|url= http://milkweed.org/authors/bill-holm/|title= Bill Holm |publisher= Milkweed Editions|accessdate= May 1, 2016}} 8. ^Star Tribune, February 26, 2009 Minnesota author Bill Holm dies 9. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/bill-holm|title= Bill Holm 1943–2009 |publisher= Poetry Foundation |accessdate= May 1, 2016}} External links
10 : American male poets|Poets from Minnesota|American people of Icelandic descent|People from Minneota, Minnesota|Gustavus Adolphus College alumni|University of Kansas alumni|Southwest Minnesota State University faculty|1943 births|2009 deaths|20th-century American poets |
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