{"id":5282,"date":"2011-06-10T15:09:18","date_gmt":"2011-06-10T19:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=5282"},"modified":"2013-02-05T11:13:08","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T15:13:08","slug":"dr-richard-jackson-awarded-writing-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/06\/dr-richard-jackson-awarded-writing-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Richard Jackson awarded writing prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Called \u201ca thrilling, extraordinary journey,\u201d\u00a0Dr. Richard Jackson&#8217;s book of poetry <em>Resonance <\/em>earned him the 2011 Eric Hoffer award.\u00a0 Jackson holds the title of UC Foundation Professor of English.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled with this most recent recognition of Richard Jackson\u2019s poetry.\u00a0 This award is one in a series of recognitions accorded Dr. Jackson during recent years for his accomplishments as a poet,\u201d Dr. Verbie Prevost, Department Head of English, said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis international reputation as an outstanding poet continues to grow, bringing honor not only to him, but also to the English Department and to UTC.\u00a0 In particular, his accomplishments enhance our Creative Writing program which has been proclaimed by several major writers as the best undergraduate program in the U.S.,\u201d Prevost continued.<\/p>\n<p>The Eric Hoffer Award, established as the 21st century began with the purpose of \u201copening a door to writing of significant merit,&#8221; is a memorial to the American philosopher Eric Hoffer.<\/p>\n<p>Annually, the award recognizes outstanding writing in a variety of categories, including short prose and book awards for works published by independent presses, i.e., small, micro, and academic presses.\u00a0 The winning stories and essays are published in <em>Best New Writing<\/em>. <em>US Review of Books<\/em> announces and reviews the winning books.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jackson is the author of 10 books of poems, most recently <em>Resonance<\/em> <em>Unauthorized Autobiography: New and Selected Poems<\/em> and, <em>Svetovi Narazen<\/em>: <em>Selected<\/em> <em>Poems, <\/em>and several chapbooks of translations. <em>Last Journey: Selected Poems of Giovanni Pascoli<\/em> appeared from Red Hen Press (2010), co-translated with Susan Thomas and Deborah Brown, and his translation of <em>Potovanje Sonca (Journey of the Sun)<\/em> from Slovene by Aleksander Persolja appeared in 2009. 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