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Anthony Petrosky

アンソニー・ペトロスキー

Ansonī Petorosukī

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1948 (Exeter, Pennsylvania)
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Exeter, Pennsylvania → Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Career

Occupations
poet, professor, associate dean
Active Years
1971-
Affiliations
University of Pittsburgh School of Education
Memberships
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

Education

University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Degree: doctorate
Country: United States
Received a doctorate.

Awards

Walt Whitman Award
1982
Work: Jurgis Petraskas
Organization: Academy of American Poets
Result: winner
American Library Association Notable Book
1983
Work: Jurgis Petraskas
Organization: American Library Association
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Jurgis Petraskas

1983 poetry

Red and Yellow Boat

1994 poetry

Crazy Love

2003 poetry

Bibliography

  • New Lives: poems
  • The Look of Things: Poems
  • Jurgis Petraskas: Poems
  • Red and Yellow Boat
  • Crazy Love
  • Ways of Reading: An Anthology for Writers
  • The Teaching of Writing
  • Reading the Lives of Others: A Sequence for Writers

Legacy

American poet and professor known for receiving the Walt Whitman Award. Serves as associate dean at University of Pittsburgh School of Education.