Name Charles Eaton Role Poet | Died March 22, 2006 Education Princeton University | |
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Nominations National Book Award for Poetry Books The labyrinth, The jogger by the sea, Between the Devil and the D, The man from Buena Vista, The Work of the Sun: New and |
Literary North Carolina: Winston-Salem and Charles Edward Eaton
Charles Edward Eaton (1916–2006) was an American poet and professor.
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- Literary North Carolina Winston Salem and Charles Edward Eaton
- Life
- Awards
- Poetry
- Stories
- Non Fiction
- References
Life
He was born in Winston-Salem, N.C. Eaton received his B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina in 1936, studied at Princeton, and received his M.A. degree from Harvard, where he worked with Robert Frost, who later recommended him to the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.
Eaton served as Vice Consul in Brazil, 1942–1946, and as professor of creative writing at UNC, 1946-1952. In 1950, he married Isabel Patterson of Pittsburgh.
His papers are at the University of North Carolina.
Awards
Poetry
Stories
Non-Fiction
References
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