Doug Anderson - World Literary Awards

Profile

Gender: Male
Born: 1943-01-01
Nationality: American
Languages: English
Residence History: Northampton, Massachusetts, USA → Boston, Massachusetts, USA → Arizona (studied)

Career

Occupations: poet, fiction writer, memoirist, playwright, teacher, lecturer
Active Years: 1970-
Affiliations: University of Connecticut (taught), Eastern Connecticut State University (taught), William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Its Social Consequences, Mount Wachusett Community College (taught), Pacific University MFA Program (taught), Emerson College Institute of Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies (lecturer), MacDowell Colony (fellowship)
Influenced By: Jack Gilbert, Linda Gregg

Education

Institution	Faculty	Department	Degree	Period	Country
University of Arizona	—	—	—	—	United States

University of Arizona

Country: United States

Awards

Year	Award	Work	Category	Organization	Result
—	Pushcart Prize	—	—	—	受賞
—	NEA grant (National Endowment for the Arts)	—	—	National Endowment for the Arts	助成
—	Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship	—	—	Massachusetts Cultural Council	フェローシップ
1995	Kate Tufts Discovery Award	The Moon Reflected Fire	—	Alice James Books (publisher) / Kate Tufts Foundation (award)	受賞

Pushcart Prize

Result: 受賞

NEA grant (National Endowment for the Arts)

Organization: National Endowment for the Arts

Result: 助成

Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship

Organization: Massachusetts Cultural Council

Result: フェローシップ

Kate Tufts Discovery Award

1995

Work: The Moon Reflected Fire

Organization: Alice James Books (publisher) / Kate Tufts Foundation (award)

Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Kate Tufts Discovery Award 1 appearances

Edition 2 (1995) Winner

Works

Major Works

Bamboo Bridge: Poems

1991 Poetry

An early collection of poems combining personal memory, landscapes, and fragments of life.

memorylandscapepersonal experience

The Moon Reflected Fire

1994 Poetry / War poetry

A collection that addresses experiences from the Vietnam War and soldiers' memories, examining trauma and personal history poetically.

wartraumamemorycourage and vulnerability

Blues for Unemployed Secret Police

2000 Poetry

A collection featuring satirical and often darkly humorous poems that confront social and political themes.

social critiquesatirepolitics

Keep Your Head Down: Vietnam, The Sixties, and a Journey of Self-Discovery

2009 Memoir / Nonfiction

A memoir recounting Vietnam service and a journey of self-discovery in the 1960s, detailing how war experience affected later life and creativity.

war experienceself-discoverythe 1960s

Cry Wolf (chapbook)

Chapbook / Poetry

A short chapbook of poems. Detailed publication year and page count are not specified.

short poemspersonal fragments

Bibliography

Bamboo Bridge: Poems (1991)
The Moon Reflected Fire (1994)
Blues for Unemployed Secret Police (2000)
Cry Wolf (chapbook)
Keep Your Head Down: Vietnam, The Sixties, and a Journey of Self-Discovery (memoir, 2009)

Style & Themes

Literary Style: plain-spoken and forceful narrationlyric yet narrative poetic styledirect, embodied imagery
Recurring Motifs: war and military lifememory and traumamasculinity and camaraderieeveryday landscapes

Legacy

An American poet known for work rooted in Vietnam War experience and memoir. Winner of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, he has influenced younger poets through teaching and workshops.

Quotes

Joyce Peseroff wrote that The Moon Reflected Fire is "not just about Vietnam but resonant with the history of warriors from the backyard to the Iliad to the Bible."

Source: Review by Joyce Peseroff (1994)

Trivia

Served in Vietnam in 1967 as a corpsman with a Marine infantry battalion.
Worked in theater as an actor and playwright earlier in his career.
Published the memoir Keep Your Head Down in 2009.
Began teaching in the Pacific University MFA Program in 2010.
Has served as a lecturer at Emerson College.