Richard Dillard

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Richard Henry Wilde Dillard born 11 October 1937 is an American poet author critic and translator Born in Roanoke Virginia Dillard is best known as a poet He is also highlyregarded as a writer of fiction and critical essays as well as one of the screenwriters for the cult classic Frankenstein Meets the Space MonsterHe received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Roanoke College and went on to receive of a Master of Arts 1959 and the Ph D 1965 from the University of Virginia While at the University of Virginia he was both a Woodrow Wilson and a DuPont Fellow He is considered something of an institution at Hollins University where he has been teaching creative writing literature and film studies since 1964 Dillard has been the editor of the Hollins Critic since 1996 He also served as the vice president of the Film Journal from 19731980 He is the winner of numerous awards for his writing including the Academy of American Poets Prize the O B Hardison Jr Poetry Prize and the Hanes Award for Poetry In 2007 he was awarded the George Garrett Award for Service to Contemporary Literature by the Association of Writers Writing Programs Dillard influenced many contemporary writers including both his exwives Annie Dillard and Cathryn Hankla Others include the likes of Henry S Taylor Lee Smith Lucinda MacKethan Anne Jones Rosanne Coggeshall Wyn Cooper Jill McCorkle Madison Smartt Bell and Julia Johnson Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Dillard licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia