Peter Cooley

Peter Cooley
Born November 19, 1940
Detroit, Michigan
Occupation Poet and Professor of English
Nationality United States of America
Period 1960s-present
Genre Poetry

Peter Cooley (born November 19, 1940) is an American poet and Professor of English in the Department of English at Tulane University. He also directs Tulane’s Creative Writing Program. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he holds degrees from Shimer College, the University of Chicago and the University of Iowa.[1] He is the father of poet Nicole Cooley.

Career

Prior to joining Tulane, Cooley taught at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. He was the Robert Frost Fellow at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference in 1981.

Poetry and awards

Cooley has published several books of poetry with the Carnegie Mellon University Press.[2] He received the Inspirational Professor Award in 2001 and the Newcomb Professor of the Year Award in 2003.[3] On August 14, 2015 he was named Louisiana's poet laureate.[4]

Poetry collections

References

  1. ↑ The Literary Encyclopedia Accessed August 13, 2008.
  2. ↑ Carnegie Mellon University Press Poetry Titles Accessed August 13, 2008.
  3. ↑ Peter Cooley's faculty page, Tulane University. Accessed August 15, 2015.
  4. ↑ Nola.com editors (August 15, 2015). "Tulane professor Peter Cooley is Louisiana's next poet laureate". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
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