Alan Shapiro

Alan R. Shapiro (born February 18, 1952 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American poet and professor of English and creative writing program at the University of North Carolina, in Chapel Hill. He is the author of numerous poetry books, including Tantalus in Love, Song and Dance, and Dead Alive and Busy.

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• Awards and honors
• References

In addition to poetry, Shapiro has also published two personal memoirs, Vigil and The Last Happy Occasion.

Awards and honors

Wallace Stegner Creative Writing Fellowship in poetry, Stanford University, 1975-76

Academy of American Poets Award, Stanford University, 1976

Illinois Arts Council Award (Happy Hour, Bedtime Story,Genie), 1984

National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in poetry, 1984-85

Guggenheim Fellowship in poetry, 1985-86

Nomination for National Book Critics' Circle Award (Happy Hour), 1987

Robert and Hazel Ferguson Memorial Award (Happy Hour), 1987

William Carlos Williams Award (Happy Hour), 1987

Illinois Arts Council Award (Maison des Jeunes), 1988

Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers Award, 1991

National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in poetry, 1991

John H. McGinnis Award for best essay (Fanatics), 1995

Los Angeles Times Book Award in poetry (Mixed Company), 1996

Finalist for National Book Circle Critics Award (The Last Happy Occasion ), 1996

Publisher's Weekly Best Book of the Year (The Last Happy Occasion), 1996

Pushcart Prize - Essay (Fanatics), 1996

New England Book Sellers Association Discovery of the Month Award (Vigil), 1997

Undergraduate Teaching Award, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1998

Arts Fellowship from The Project on Death in America of the Open Society Institute, 1999

Institute for the Arts and Humanities Fellowship, UNC (spring), 1999

O .B. Hardison Jr. Poetry Prize, from the Folger Library, 1999

Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award (Dead Alive and Busy), 2001

American Academy of Arts and Letters Writer’s Award, 2002

Roanoke-Chowan Award - NC Literary and Historical Society, (Song & Dance), 2003

Elected Fellow to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2005

Roanoke-Chowan Award (Tantalus in Love ), 2005[1]

Sara Teasdale Award - Wellesley College, 2005

Ambassador Book Award - English Speaking Union of the United States (Old War), 2009

Finalist for National Book Award in poetry, 2012[2]