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Douglas Crase

だぐらす・くれいす

Dagurasu Kureisu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1944 (Battle Creek, Michigan)
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
New York City → Honesdale, Pennsylvania

Career

Occupations
poet, essayist, critic
Active Years
1981-2024
Nominations
Nominated for National Book Critics Circle Award (Poetry) for The Revisionist, Nominated for American Book Award for The Revisionist

Awards

Whiting Award
1989
Organization: Whiting Foundation
Result: winner
MacArthur Fellowship
1990
Organization: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Revisionist

1981 poetry collection

The Astropastorals

2017 poetry

Lines from London Terrace, Essays and Addresses

2018 essays

Bibliography

  • The Revisionist (1981)
  • AMERIFIL.TXT: A Commonplace Book (1996)
  • The Astropastorals (2017)
  • Lines from London Terrace, Essays and Addresses (2018)
  • The Revisionist and The Astropastorals (2019)
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays: The First and Second Series (ed., 2010)

Legacy

American poet, essayist, and critic. His poetry collection The Revisionist was nominated for major awards and included in Harold Bloom's Western Canon. Former MacArthur Fellow and Whiting Award recipient.

Archives

  • Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University (Douglas Crase and Frank Polach Papers)