Kelly Cherry
Copy contact details to clipboardAuthor of 19 books of poetry, fiction and nonfiction (essay, memoir criticism) and translations of two classical dramas
Professor emerita, English and humanities
Home phone available upon request.
Kelly Cherry
Professor emerita, English and humanities
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Author of 19 books of poetry, fiction and nonfiction (essay, memoir criticism) and translations of two classical dramas
http://www.english.wisc.edu/emeritus/cherry.html
kcherry@wisc.eduHome phone available upon request; e-mail experts@uc.wisc.edu
Areas of expertise
- Writing poetry
- Writing short stories
- Writing novels
- Writing essays
- Writing memoir
Notable achievements
- First recipient, Hanes Prize for Poetry
- Published in prize anthologies: Best American Short Stories, Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards, The Pushcart Prize, and New Stories from the South
- Winner, Dictionary of Literary Biography Award for Best Volume of Short Fiction, 2000
- Winner, three PEN/Syndicated Fiction Awards
- Published translations" Sophocles’s "Antigone" and Seneca’s "Octavia"