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Duane Ackerson

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Duane Ackerson
Born(1942-10-17)October 17, 1942
DiedApril 19, 2020(2020-04-19)(aged 77)
Occupation(s)Poet, writer

Duane Ackerson(October 17, 1942 – April 19, 2020)[1]was anAmerican writerofspeculative poetryandfiction.[2]

Не taught at theUniversity of Oregon,then headed the creative program atIdaho State University.He lived inSalem, Oregon,where he died on April 19, 2020.[3]

Duane Ackerson's work has appeared inanthologiesthat includeThe Year's Best SF 1974,100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories,Future Pastimes,and the textbookWriting Poetry.He has won theRhysling Awardfor Best Short Poem twice, in 1978 and 1979.

Ackerson's poems are translated into Russian byDmitry Kuzmin.[4]

Bibliography

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  • The Bird at the End of the Universe
  • The Eggplant & Other Absurdities
  • Weathering
  • UA Flight to Chicago.Lincoln, Nebraska: The Best Cellar Press, 1971.

References

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  1. ^"United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (May 23, 2014), Duane W Ackerson, Residence, Salem, Oregon, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
  2. ^Alba
  3. ^"Duane Ackerson".Oregon Poetic Voices.RetrievedFebruary 19,2021.
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