Kent H. Dixon

Kent Hooker Dixon (born June 3, 1941) is an American author, scholar and translator.

Early life and education Dixon was born in Miami Beach, Florida. He attended the Asheville School for Boys. In college, summers were spent in France and Italy, learning languages and being drawn to poets and philosophers.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina in comparative literature and French, a Master of Arts from Johns Hopkins University and his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa with concentrations in American literature, modern art and film. Dixon became a member of the Mayflower Club, Colonial Wars, Sons of the Revolution, Order of Founders and Patriots of America.

Career In 1965, Asheville School for Boys hired Dixon to teach English and French, as well as coach track and swimming. He also assumed the role of faculty advisor for the school's literary magazine. In the role of Jake, Dixon debuted as a performer in the Asheville Community Theatre's 1967 musical presentation of "The Three Penny Opera."

From 1980-2012, Dixon taught literature and creative writing at Wittenberg University. He was granted tenure in 1986. He continued to teach a summer course on white water kayaking and creative writing after retirement. His opinion of war was shared briefly in 1983 through his view of the threat of nuclear war and its psychological effects, specifically on children impacted by viewing "The Day After."

Writing Dixon is primarily considered a prose writer focusing on short shorts and translations. His fiction writings have been published in The Iowa Review, TriQuarterly, The Georgia Review, The Antioch Review, Shenandoah, The Gettysburg Review, and the Carolina Quarterly. He has released nonfiction in The American Prospect, Energy Review, Florida Review, Kansas Quarterly and Grand Tour.

"God Crosses His Sevens," a story by Dixon was a 1963 selection in "The Young Writer at Chapel Hill" anthology by UNC creative writing students. It was considered "the best story in the collection," by journalist Larry Walz.

"The Epic of Gilgamesh," is a 2018 graphic novel adaptation of the epic Babylonian poem with influences by Robert Crumb, published by Seven Stories Press.

Works

Publications The Epic of Gilgamesh (2018) Bernie's Hole: A Meditation of the Superman, or Maybe Just on Clark Kent (2016) From Batista to Fidel, & on To the Real Enemy of the People: ¡Viva la revolución! (2001) 48 Hours in the County Jail (1997) The House that Crack Built (1993) Lorelei (1991) God Crosses His Sevens (1963)

Enivrez-vous - (Get Drunk) by Baudelaire L’Etranger - (The Stranger) by Baudelaire Le Chien et le flacon - (The Dog and the Perfume) by Baudelaire L’après-midi d’un faune - (The Afternoon of a Faun) by Mallarmé Unheard Melodies by Sappho

Awards

Three time Pushcart Prize nominee Kevin collaborated with his father as the illustrator on "The Epic of Gilgamesh."

Dixon later married Mimi Still, daughter of Ray Still, and together raised four sons. Christopher J. Dixon, a venture capitalist at Andreesen Horowitz, donated $75,000 to Wittenberg University in his parents' honor to establish the Dixon Professorship endowment in 2013. The award was intended to attract writer-in-residence candidates to fill the vacant positions left by his parents upon their retirement.