Kelly Cherry
Author of 19 books of poetry, fiction and nonfiction (essay, memoir criticism) and translations of two classical dramas
Professor emerita, English and humanities College of Letters and Science — Home and cell phones available upon request kcherry@wisc.edu Home page
Topics
- Writing poetry
- Writing short stories
- Writing novels
- Writing essays
- Writing memoir
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"