Arthur Smith (American poet)

Arthur Edwin Smith (April 17, 1948 – November 9, 2018) was an American poet whose work appeared in The New Yorker, "The Georgia Review," "Northwest Review," "Cutthroat: A Journal of the Arts," "Crazyhorse," "Southern Poetry Review," Hunger Mountain, and The Nation. He was a professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Tennessee and lived in Knoxville, Tennessee with his three Keeshonden. He died on November 9, 2018, at the age of 70.

Awards

 * 1987 Pushcart Prize
 * 1986 Pushcart Prize
 * 1985 Norma Farber First Book Award, Poetry Society of America
 * 1984 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize
 * 1981 Discovery/The Nation, the Joan Leiman Jacobson Poetry Prize

Works

 * "ARS POETICA", Enskyment

Anthology

 * The New Bread Loaf Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry, 1999.