Carrier, Warren

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CARRIER, Warren

CARRIER, Warren. American, b. 1918. Genres: Novels, Poetry, Translations. Career: Chancellor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin, Platteville, since 1982 (Chancellor, 1975-82). Associate Dean, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1968-69; Dean, California State University, San Diego, 1969-72; Vice-President, University of Bridgeport, Conn., 1972-75. Founder, and former Ed., Quarterly Review of Literature. Publications: NOVELS: The Hunt, 1952; Bay of the Damned, 1957; Death of a Chancellor, 1986; An Honorable Spy, 1992; Murder at the Strawberry Festival, 1993; Death of a Poet, 1999; Justice at Christmas, 1999. POETRY: The Cost of Love, 1953; Toward Montebello, 1966; Leave Your Sugar for the Cold Morning, 1978; The Diver, 1986; An Ordinary Man, 1997; Risking the Wind, 2000. TRANSLATOR: City Stopped in Time, 1949. EDITOR: (with P. Engle) Reading Modern Poetry, 1955, rev. ed., 1968; Guide to World Literature, 1980; (with B. Neumann) Literature from the World, 1981. Address: 69 Colony Park Circle, Galveston, TX 77551, U.S.A.

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