Duane Ackerson

Duane Ackerson (October 17, 1942 – April 19, 2020)^[1] was an American writer of speculative poetry and fiction.^[2]

Duane Ackerson
Born	(1942-10-17)October 17, 1942 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	April 19, 2020(2020-04-19) (aged 77) Salem, Oregon, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Poet, writer

Не taught at the University of Oregon, then headed the creative program at Idaho State University. He lived in Salem, Oregon, where he died on April 19, 2020.^[3]

Duane Ackerson's work has appeared in anthologies that include The Year's Best SF 1974, 100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories, Future Pastimes, and the textbook Writing Poetry. He has won the Rhysling Award for Best Short Poem twice, in 1978 and 1979.

Ackerson's poems are translated into Russian by Dmitry Kuzmin.^[4]

Bibliography

• 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

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. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
4. TextOnly

External links

• Duane Ackerson at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database