Name Russell Edson | Parents Gus Edson | |
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Died April 29, 2014, Stamford, Connecticut, United States Books The tunnel, The tormented mirror, See Jack, The Rooster's Wife, The falling sickness Similar People Gus Edson, Margaret Atwood, Daniel Berrigan |
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Russell Edson (1935 – April 29, 2014) was an American poet, novelist, writer and illustrator, and the son of the cartoonist-screenwriter Gus Edson.
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He studied art early in life and attended the Art Students League as a teenager. He began publishing poetry in the 1960s. His honors as a poet include a Guggenheim fellowship, a Whiting Award, and several fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Books

Edson published numerous collections of prose poetry, short stories and fables, one novel, The Song of Percival Peacock, and The Falling Sickness: A Book of Plays. His final book was See Jack (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009).

He lived in Darien, Connecticut with his wife Frances.
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