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John Fandel ...

John P. Fandel (September 9, 1925 to November 15, 2011)


 * graduated Notre Dame 1950


 * Teacher for 39 years at Manhattan College, Notre Dame, Fordham and elsewhere.


 * Manhattan College faculty (1958-1987)


 * Manhattan College listed him as "John P. Fandel, Jr., Professor Emeritus of English and World Literature, A.B., Trinity College; A.M., Middlebury College. (1958-1987)"


 * poetry editor at Commonweal from 1963 to 1979


 * Frost Poetry Scholar at the Bread Loaf Writers Conference in Vermont.


 * In 1963, Manhattan College celebrated the centennial of its chartering by the State of New York. John Fandel wrote a poem, entitled, “A Chartering”, in which he captured the essence of a young school struggling with its future.


 * A collection of poems, "Bach and a Catbird" published by Roth Publishing in 1978 contains 50 poems, mostly short poems in formal meter and rhyme, although a few are in free verse.


 * His first collection was published in 1947


 * At age 85 was still writing and publishing. The back cover of this collection states, “John Fandel has published many poems (384) in a number of periodicals (90). In addition, he has brought out collections (4), chapbooks (8), privately printed pamphlets (16), and hand-made brochures (24). “


 * A Benedictine monk in Portsmouth R.I., 4 years, c.1955.


 * He reviewed "Wild Bouquet" by Harry Martinson (Page 23)

His work has been compared to that of the more famous Robert Frost (1874-1963).
 * On May 27, 1962, he participated in a television broadcast reading on “Directions ’62: A Catholic Perspective” (ABC) sponsored by the National Council of Catholic Men. Program includes Lax and Kathleen Raine, John Fandel, Leonie Adams & Ned O'Gorman.

In an essay in "Writers on Writing", specifically "Beginnings" starting on page 151, Paul Mariani, a 1962 Manhattan College graduate, gives credit to John Fandel.

"The Mother" (1949), a one-act opera with libretto by the composer Stanley_Hollingsworth and John Fandel, after Hans Christian Andersen. (Often performed as a trilogy with "The Selfish Giant" and "Harrison Loved His Umbrella")

Open City #26, which includes writing by Mohammed Naseehu Ali, Brad Gooch, Kirsty Gunn, John Fandel and more, is very literary, and not Hollywood-y at all.

Georgetown has the The John G. Deedy, Jr. Papers which contains correspondence with John Fandel. Specificaly Box 1 Series 28; Fandel, John 1971-1976; 		09/04/1971-06/15/1976

John Fandel's parents, Leo and Lydia Fandel, called their 12 children together to pray the rosary around the dining room table in times of trouble. In 2009, en of the 12 siblings, now ranging in age from 72 to 89, gather every Sunday afternoon to pray the rosary for good health, the needs of the extended family and “in thanksgiving for our many blessings,” said Marcella Fandel Obery of Metamora. That family includes Alvena Force, 89; Melberta Krumholz, 87; Agnes Parr, 85; Dolores “Dee” Harms, 84; John “Jack” Fandel, 83; Marcella Obery, 79; Frederick Fandel, 78; Philip “Sixty” Fandel, 76; Donald “Doc” Fandel, 74; and Lulu Mae “Suzy” Hoffman, 72. One sister, Eileen Miller, and a brother, Austin “Squirt” Fandel, are deceased. November 29, 2009

Audio

 * Mr. Fandel reads thirty-eight poems from his collected volume, Testament and other poems: Embarkation of X.P.W.'s, 1945 -- Nuns in the windy morning -- Hawk -- Melinda -- Nocturne -- Game -- Call the beast fear -- Respice -- Graveyard -- Hearse -- Revelation -- Monday's vision -- Husbandry -- This side of Asia -- After all -- Comprehension [two readings] -- Storm -- February -- Legend [two readings] -- Walking in Switzerland -- Prestidigitator -- In wisdom's age -- Rain -- Six songs to silence (Morning ; Afternoon ; Night ; Dawn ; Noon ; Evening [two readings]) -- Observations at Aquidneck (1-III) -- Propositions south of Montaup Mountain -- Tne beginning -- The voices north of Coggeshall Point -- Harkee -- In a dark wood -- The boy [two readings] -- Aftermath -- The bee -- There's moral -- Indians -- Ode: October -- A thought about passable limits -- A note on creation -- Ars poetica


 * For high voice and piano. Ms. (photocopy); title in ms. gold ink. Juilliard School, The Lila Acheson Wallace Library NEW YORK, NY 10023


 * Musical score : Operas : No Linguistic Text by Stanley Hollingsworth and John Fandel, from a tale by Hans Christian Andersen.

Poems
Beloit Poetry Journal

Spring 1951 Vol. 1 No. 3


 * Page 6


 * Page 7

Winter 1956-1957 Vol. 7 No. 2


 * Page 7


 * Page 8

Fall 1957 Vol. 8 No. 1


 * Page 19

Articles



 * "Reported as in Manhattan College; not in the index"


 * "Reported as in Manhattan College; not in the index"



Periodicals





 * Amazon ASIN B005JOQJ6Q


 * vol. 16, no. 3, p. 379

Books

 * 100 copies privately printed at The Bond Press, Hartford, CT Amazon ASIN B003RQ9FTQ


 * Amazon ASIN B004HBCD5S


 * "Each Bard review edition is distributed to Bard review subscribers as a regular issue. This volume replaces vol. III, no. 4." Amazon ASIN B000UDDNWY


 * Amazon ASIN B0045VEN9Y


 * Amazon ASIN B0045VEN9Y Available at Manhattan College Library


 * "100 copies printed."


 * Typescript (mimeograph)


 * "These twenty-four poems first appeared in Spirit, A Magazine of Poetry, 1947-1959"


 * "Typescript (mimeograph)"


 * "Number sign on t.p.: #. One of 75 copies."


 * Typescript (mimeograph)


 * Typescript (mimeograph)


 * Typescript (mimeograph)


 * Typescript (mimeograph)


 * Available at Manhattan College Library


 * Amazon ASIN B0007GMTVK


 * Paperbound in light blue-green.




 * "These selections, revised, are from reviews written for America, Commonweal, Jubilee, Poetry, Prairie schooner, Spirit, Voices, 1949-1964"--P. [3]. One of 50 copies.




 * 1 broadside Colored paper printings










 * Available at Manhattan College Library


 * Available at Manhattan College Library


 * Available at Manhattan College Library




 * Available at Manhattan College Library


 * OCLC 23606034


 * Available at Manhattan College Library


 * (Online version?) Available at Manhattan College Library Amazon IBSN 978-0879570040 OCLC 681792719








 * Amazon ASIN B0006WX8TM Available at Manhattan College Library


 * Available at Manhattan College Library


 * "etchings by Louise Halpin Wiesenfarth." "Limited edition of 120 copies."


 * Amazon ISBN 0879570064


 * Poems "... in a handsewn edition of seventy-five copies..." with a drawing adapted from an etching by Louise Halpin Wiesenfarth.


 * "Collection of poems to celebrate 125 years of being Manhattan in the Bronx (see title page)."






 * Available at Manhattan College Library Amazon ASIN B000HJS9SO


 * Amazon ISBN 0880280417


 * Amazon ASIN B00072B352


 * Amazon ASIN B000QD5A1A


 * Amazon ASIN B001G55IK0




 * Available at Manhattan College Library


 * Amazon ISBN 0880281188


 * Amazon ASIN B001G6VRGI


 * Amazon ISBN 978-0880281591


 * America. 197, no. 17, (2007): 31