Claude Wilkinson

Claude Wilkinson (born Memphis, Tennessee) is an American poet and artist.

Life He graduated from the University of Mississippi and University of Memphis. He was writer-in-residence at the University of Mississippi.

His work has appeared in Atlanta Review, Blue Mesa Review, California State Poetry Quarterly, Chattahoochee Review, The Oxford American, Poem, South Dakota Review, The Southern Review and Xavier Review. His paintings have been exhibited at University of Mississippi.

He lives in Nesbit, Mississippi.

Awards 2000 Whiting Award 1999 Walter E. Dakin Fellowship in Poetry from the Sewanee Writers' Conference 1997 Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award

Works

Marvelous Light

Anthologies

Evensong: contemporary American poets on spirituality (Bottom Dog Press, 2006) Fresh Water (Pudding House Publications, 2002)