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Peter Campion

b. 1976

American writer

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About Peter Campion

Born 1976. Peter Campion is a poet, university teacher and writer.

Peter Campion (born 1976) is an American poet.

He graduated from Dartmouth College with a BA, and from Boston University with an MA. He taught at Washington College, Ashland University, and Auburn University. He currently teaches at University of Minnesota and heads the Department of Creative Writing there.

His work has appeared in AGNI, ArtNews, The Boston Globe, Modern Painters, The New York Times, The New Republic, Poetry, Slate, and The Yale Review. He won a Levis Reading Prize, for The Lions.

He was a Stegner Fellow and Jones Lecturer at Stanford University, a Theodore Morrison Fellow at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and a Guggenheim Fellow. He won a Pushcart Prize, and Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters,

For five years, he edited the journal Literary Imagination, published by Oxford University Press, before turning over the editorship to Saskia Hamilton and Archie Burnett. He currently edits the literary journal Great River Review, published by the University of Minnesota Creative Writing Program.

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Important facts

Born
1976
Birth century
Education
Boston University, Dartmouth College
Employers
Auburn University
Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship; Rome Prize

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Peter Campion?

American writer

When was Peter Campion born?

Peter Campion was born in 1976.

What is Peter Campion's occupation?

Peter Campion is a poet, university teacher and writer.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Peter Campion

· Wikidata: Q7173166

· DBpedia: Peter Campion (poet)

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