| 词条 | William Matthews (poet) |
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| image = | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = William Procter Matthews III | birth_date = November 11, 1942 | birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio | death_date = November 12, 1997 | death_place = New York | occupation = American poet and essayist | genre = poetry | notableworks = * Time & Money
| awards = * Fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts
|spouse= |children= sons Bill Matthews and Sebastian Matthews }} William Procter Matthews III (November 11, 1942 – November 12, 1997) was an American poet and essayist. LifeBorn and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Matthews attended Berkshire School and later earned a bachelor's degree from Yale University as well as a master's from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[1] In addition to serving as a Writer-in-Residence at Boston's Emerson College, Matthews held various academic positions at institutions including Cornell University, the University of Washington at Seattle, the University of Colorado at Boulder, and the University of Iowa. He served as president of Associated Writing Programs and of the Poetry Society of America.[2] At the time of his death he was a professor of English and director of the creative writing program at City College of New York [3] A reading series has been named for him at City College of New York.[4][5] His sons are Sebastian Matthews and Bill Matthews. AwardsDuring his 27 years as an author, Matthews received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1980, Matthews was the poet in residence at The Frost Place in Franconia, New Hampshire, and in 1997 he was a recipient of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. WorksMatthews published 11 books of poetry, including Time & Money which won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1996 and was a Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize finalist. Two posthumous collections have been released: Search Party: Collected Poems and After All: Last Poems. Frequent subjects in his writing are the early years of professional basketball and historical Jazz figures. Matthews believed that poetry should have subject matter, so as to provide the substance needed for the art to fulfill its function.[6] Bibliography
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Famous Alumni|url=http://www.boardingschoolreview.com/listing-alumni.php|publisher=Boarding School Review|accessdate=2012-04-14}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/william-matthews|title=William Matthews - Poet - Academy of American Poets|first=William|last=Matthews|date=4 February 2014|website=William Matthews}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/english/creativewriting|title=Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing - The City College of New York|first=Website|last=Admin|date=9 July 2015|website=www.ccny.cuny.edu}} 4. ^http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/rifkind/pdf/Kinnell_flyer.pdf 5. ^http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/rifkind/pdf/Swenson.pdf 6. ^Parisi, Joseph. 100 Essential Modern Poems,Ivan R. Dee, Chicago, p.255 Further reading
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