Richard Cecil

Richard Cecil (born March 14, 1944) is an American poet.

Early life and education Richard Cecil was born on March 14, 1944, in Baltimore, Maryland.

He graduated with a BA from the University of Maryland, an MA from the University of Iowa, and MFA from Indiana University.

Writing Cecil's first collection of poetry, Einstein's Brain was published in 1986. This was followed by Alcatraz (1992), which was the recipient of the 1991 Verna Emery Poetry Award, and In Search of the Great Dead in 1999. In 2004, Twenty First Century Blues was published by Southern Illinois University Press in 2004.

His work has appeared in American Poetry Review, Crab Orchard Review, Poetry, Ploughshares, New England Review, The Georgia Review, Missouri Review, Southern Review, River Styx, Virginia Quarterly Review.

Awards 1998: 2nd place, Crab Orchard Award 1991: Verna Emery Poetry Award, for Alcatraz

Personal life Cecil married poet and author Maura Stanton in 1971.

Works

Ploughshares