Craig Arnold

Craig Arnold (November 16, 1967 – c. April 27, 2009) was an American poet and professor. His first book of poems, Shells (1999), was selected by W. S. Merwin for the Yale Series of Younger Poets.^[1][2] His many honors include the 2005 Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize Fellowship in literature, The Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Fellowship, an Alfred Hodder Fellowship, a Fulbright Fellowship, an NEA fellowship, and a MacDowell Fellowship.^[3][4]

Biography

Arnold taught poetry at the University of Wyoming.^[5] His poems have appeared in anthologies including The Best American Poetry 1998 and The Bread Loaf Anthology of New American Poets, and in literary journals including Poetry, The Paris Review, Denver Quarterly, Barrow Street, New Republic and Yale Review.^[6] Arnold grew up in the United States, Europe and Asia. He received his B.A. in English from Yale University in 1990 and his PhD in creative writing from the University of Utah in 2001.^[7] He was also a musician, and performed as a member of the band Iris.^[8]

On April 27, 2009, Arnold went missing on the small volcanic island of Kuchinoerabujima, Japan. He went for a solo hike to explore an active volcano on the island and never returned to the inn where he was staying. While Japanese law mandates government-backed searches for three days, on April 30, 2009, the Japanese government agreed to extend the search an additional three days.^[9] Arnold was not found, and the search was then picked up by the international NGO 1st Special Response Group.^[10] Craig Arnold's trail was found near a high cliff, and he was presumed to have died from a fatal fall near the date of his disappearance.^[11]

Bibliography

Collections

• Arnold, Craig. 1999. Shells. Yale series of younger poets, v. 93. New Haven: Yale University Press, ISBN 0300079095
• Arnold, Craig. 2008. Made Flesh. Keene, NY: Ausable Press. ISBN 9781931337427

Translations

• fleischgeworden (selected poems, translated into German by Jan Volker Röhnert, luxbooks, 2008)

Awards and honors

• 2009 — US-Japan Creative Artists Residency
• 2008 — Fulbright Fellowship
• 2005 — Rome Prize in Literature, American Academy of Arts and Letters
• 2001 — Alfred Hodder Fellowship in the Humanities, Princeton University
• 2001 — Dobie Paisano Fellow^[12]
• 1999 — John Atherton Fellowship in Poetry from the Bread Loaf Writers Conference^[13]
• 1999 — Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award^[14]
• 1998 — National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship
• 1998 — Utah Arts Council Original Writing Award for a book in poetry^[15]
• 1998 — National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship
• 1996 — Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship

References

1. ^ http://www.yale.edu/opa/newsr/98-07-28-01.all.html
2. ^ Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More - Other Major Poetry Awards
3. ^ American Academy in Rome - The Rome Prize - 2005-06 Recipients
4. ^ Wayweiser Press> The Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize 2006 > Two Poems from Craig Arnold's Made Flesh Followed by a Note on the Author
5. ^ Wyoming Authors Wiki / Craig Arnold
6. ^ Middlebury College > Public Affairs > News > Middlebury College Bread Loaf Writers' Conference 1999 Schedule of Lectures and Readings > July 30, 1999
7. ^ Wayweiser Press> The Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize 2006 > Two Poems from Craig Arnold's Made Flesh Followed by a Note on the Author
8. ^ Poetry Foundation > Poet: Craig Arnold Bio
9. ^ http://casperstartribune.net/articles/2009/04/30/news/wyoming/d0a57ffb320ec03f872575a900014528.txt
10. ^ Yamaguchi, Mari (2009-05-06). "Trackers find trail of missing US poet in Japan". Associated Press. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gLhJ5hsGFROyZtfT6uRyIiG0_MwwD980VT5G3. Retrieved 2009-05-06. 
11. ^ University of Wyoming > News Release > News Release: UW Poet and Professor Believed to Have Died After Fall > May 8, 2009
12. ^ University of Texas at Austin - Graduate School > Dobie Paisano Fellowship Program > 2000-2001 Fellows: Robin Bradford and Craig Arnold
13. ^ University of Texas at Austin - Graduate School > Dobie Paisano Fellowship Program > 2000-2001 Fellows: Robin Bradford and Craig Arnold
14. ^ Yale University Press > Author Page > Craig Arnold
15. ^ Yale University Press > Author Page > Craig Arnold

External links

• Poems by Craig Arnold and tributes to him at PoetryFoundation.org
• Poem: Poetry > Incubus, by Craig Arnold
• Find Craig Arnold - Website with information on the search

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Name	Arnold, Craig
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Date of birth	November 16, 1967
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Date of death	April 27, 2009
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