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Greg Williamson

グレッグ・ウィリアムソン

Gureggu Wiriamuson

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1964-01-01 (Nashville, Tennessee)
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Nashville, Tennessee → Baltimore, Maryland

Career

Occupations
Poet, Poetry professor
Active Years
1995-2024
Affiliations
Johns Hopkins University Writing Seminars, Associate Editor at Waywiser Press

Education

Vanderbilt University
Country: United States
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Country: United States
Johns Hopkins University
Writing Seminars
Country: United States

Awards

Whiting Award
1998
Organization: Whiting Foundation
Result: won
Nathan Haskell Dole Prize
Result: won
Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize
1995
Result: won
John Atherton Fellowship
Result: won
Academy Award in Literature
2004
Organization: American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result: won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Silent Partner

1995 Poetry

Errors in the Script

2001 Poetry

A Most Marvelous Piece of Luck

2008 Poetry

Bibliography

  • The Silent Partner (1995)
  • Errors in the Script (2001)
  • A Most Marvelous Piece of Luck (2008)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Inventor of the 'Double Exposure' form

Legacy

An American poet known for inventing the 'Double Exposure' form.

Trivia

  • Inventor of the 'Double Exposure' form, in which one poem can be read in three ways: standard type only, bold type in alternating lines only, or both combined.