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Kenneth Irby

Kenneth Lee Irby (November 18, 1936 – July 30, 2015) was an American poet.[1][2] He won a 2010 Shelley Memorial Award.[3]

He is sometimes associated with the Black Mountain poets, especially with Robert Duncan, Robert Creeley, and Ed Dorn.

He was born in Bowie, Texas, and In 1940 he moved to Fort Scott, Kansas with his family.[4] He graduated from the University of Kansas, from Harvard University with an A.M., and from the University of California, Berkeley with a M.L.S. degree. From 1971-1975 he taught in the English department at Tufts University.[1] He was a visiting professor at the University of Copenhagen on a Fulbright grant.[5] Irby's last role was as a professor of English at the University of Kansas.[6][7]

A colloquium held at the University of Kansas on November 5, 2011 honored Irby's work, on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Contributions were made by fellow poets Joseph Harrington, Denise Low, Benjamin Friedlander, Pierre Joris, and Lyn Hejinian.

He died on 30 July 2015[8] at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.[9]

Works edit

  • Lyn Hejinian; David Lehman, eds. (2004). "[Record]". The Best American Poetry 2004. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-5757-2.
  • Kyle Waugh; Cyrus Console, eds. (2009). The Intent On: Collected Poems 1962-2006. North Atlantic Books. ISBN 978-1-55643-833-2.
  • Studies, First Intensiy Press, 2001, ISBN 978-1-889960-05-0
  • Ridge to Ridge, Other Wind Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-9626046-6-9
  • Antiphonal and Fall to Fall, Kavyayantra Press, 1994
  • Call Steps, Station Hill/Tansy, 1992;[10] Midpoint Trade Books Inc, 1997, ISBN 978-1-886449-58-9
  • Orexis, Station Hill, 1981, ISBN 978-0-930794-17-0
  • Catalpa, Tansy Press, 1977
  • Archipelago, Tuumba Press, 1976
  • To Max Douglas, Tansy Peg Leg Press, 1974
  • Relation: poems, 1965-1966, Black Sparrow, 1970.
  • The flower of having passed through paradise in a dream: poems, 1967, Kelly, 1968

References edit

  1. ^ "Kenneth Irby: A Bibliography".
  2. ^ "UGA Today".
  3. ^ "Shelley Winners".
  4. ^ "Kenneth Irby". Poetry Foundation. January 6, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  5. ^ greenintegerblog (June 20, 2022). "The PIP (Project for Innovative Poetry) Blog".
  6. ^ . Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
  7. ^ "KU professor Kenneth Irby wins prestigious poetry award - KU News".
  8. ^ "Kenneth Irby Obituary - Lawrence, KS - Lawrence Journal-World". Lawrence Journal-World.
  9. ^ "Kenneth Irby". Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home & Crematory Inc. October 10, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  10. ^ Station Hill Authors - Kenneth Irby August 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

External links edit

  • "Kenneth Irby", Penn Sound
  • University of Buffalo review of Irby's poems
  • Arcturus Editions: by Kenneth Irby
  • Kenneth Irby at Poets & Writers


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