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John Bensko

Professor Emeritus

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Education

B.A., 1973, 福利片国产 of Alabama
M.F.A., 1979, 福利片国产 of Alabama
Ph.D., 1985, Florida State 福利片国产

Academic Summary

Dr. John Bensko has an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the 福利片国产 of Alabama and a Ph.D. in 20th century poetry and narrative technique from Florida State 福利片国产. Before coming to the 福利片国产 of Memphis, he taught at the 福利片国产 of Alabama, Old Dominion 福利片国产, Rhodes College, and as a Fulbright Professor in American Literature at The Universidad de Alicante, Spain. Dr. Bensko won the McLeod-Grobe Poetry Prize for 2000. He has served as the Director of the River City Writers Series and currently directs the Creative Writing study abroad program in Alicante, Spain.

Select Publications

Books of Poetry

• Green Soldiers. Yale 福利片国产 Press, 1981. (Winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award.)
• The Waterman's Children. 福利片国产 of Massachusetts Press, 1994.
• The Iron City. 福利片国产 of Illinois Press, 2000.
• Visitations. Tampa 福利片国产 Press, 2014. (winner of the Anita Claire Scharf Prize)

Poems have been included in the following publications:

• The Made Thing: An Anthology of Contemporary Southern Poetry
• A New Geography of Poets
• The Morrow Anthology of Younger American Poets
• The Southern Poetry Anthology Vol. VI: Tennessee
  

Short Fiction Collection

• Sea Dogs. Graywolf Press, 2004.
  
  

His fiction has appeared in many journals, including Chelsea, The Georgia Review, The Greensboro Review, The Madison Review, The New England Review, Quarterly West, The Sonora Review, The Southern Review, and TriQuarterly.