Fred Chappell

Fred Chappell
Fred Chappell
	Chappell (left) with Les Daniels in 1990
Born	May 28, 1936; Canton, North Carolina, U.S.
Died	January 4, 2024 (aged 87); Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Occupation	Writer; poet; professor;
Genre	Southern Gothic; horror fiction; weird fiction;

Fred Davis Chappell (May 28, 1936 – January 4, 2024) was an author and poet.^[1] He was an English professor for 40 years (1964–2004) at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.^[2] He was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1997 to 2002.^[3] He attended Duke University.

His 1968 novel Dagon, which was named the Best Foreign Book of the Year by the Académie française, is a recasting of a Cthulhu Mythos horror story as a psychologically realistic Southern Gothic.

His literary awards include the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry, the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, the Bollingen Prize, and the T. S. Eliot Award.

Fred Chappell died in Greensboro, North Carolina on January 4, 2024, at the age of 87.^[4]^[5]

Bibliography[edit]

Books[edit]

Poetry[edit]

Awakening to music. Briarpatch Press. 1979.
Backsass, LSU Press, 2004.^[6]
Bloodfire: A Poem, LSU Press, 1978.
C, LSU Press, 1993.
Castle Tzingal, LSU Press, 1984.
Driftlake: A Lieder Cycle, Iron Mountain Press, 1981.
Earthsleep: A Poem, LSU Press, 1980.
Familiars, LSU Press, 2014.
Family Gathering, LSU Press, 2000.
First and Last Words, LSU Press, 1989.
The Man Twice Married by Fire, Unicorn Press, 1975.
Midquest: A Poem (contains "River: A Poem", "Bloodfire: A Poem", "Windmountain: A Poem", and "Earthsleep: A Poem"), LSU Press, 1981.
River: A Poem, LSU Press, 1975.
Shadow Box: Poems, :Louisiana State University Press, 2009
Source, LSU Press, 1986.
Spring Garden: New and Selected Poems, LSU Press, 1995.
Wind Mountain: A Poem, LSU Press, 1979.
The World Between the Eyes, LSU Press, 1971.

Fiction[edit]

A Shadow All of Light, Tor Books, 2016
Ancestors and others : new and selected stories. St Martin's. 2009. ISBN 9780312561673.
Dagon, Harcourt, 1968, reprinted, St. Martin's, 1986. Reissued, Boson Books, 2002
The Gaudy Place ^[7]^[8]
The Inkling ^[9] Reprinted LSU Press 1998.^[10]^[11]
It Is Time, Lord ^[12] Reprint LSU Press 1996.^[13]^[14]
Moments of Light ^[15]^[16]
More Shapes Than One, 1991

The Kirkman Tetralogy:

I Am One of You Forever, LSU Press, 1985
Brighten the Corner Where You Are, St. Martin's, 1989
Farewell, I'm Bound to Leave You ^[17]
Look Back All the Green Valley ^[18]^[19]

Other[edit]

The Fred Chappell Reader, St. Martin's, 1987.
Plow Naked: Selected Writings on Poetry, University of Michigan Press, 1993.
A Way of Happening: Observations of Contemporary Poetry, Picador, 1998.

Short stories[edit]

"The Adder" Deathrealm (Summer 1989)
"Free Hand" Deathrealm (Spring 1990)
"The Lodger" (1994 World Fantasy Award winner)^[20]
"The Somewhere Doors" (1992 World Fantasy Award winner)
Stories about Falco the Shadow Master's Apprentice.^[21]

"Creeper Shadows" Cat Tales: Fantastic Feline Fiction (Wildside Press, Compilation 2008 by George H. Scithers(former editor of Weird Tales.): 135–175
"Dance of Shadows" Fantasy and Science Fiction 112/3 (March 2007): 6–37 & Year's Best Fantasy 8, (Jun 2008, ed. David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, publ. Tachyon Publications, 1-892391-76-7, 375pp, tp, anth)
"The Diamond Shadow" Fantasy and Science Fiction 113/4&5 (October/November 2007): 42–74
"Shadow of the Valley" Fantasy and Science Fiction 116/2 (February 2009): 5–40 &
"Thief of Shadows" Fantasy and Science Fiction 118/5&6 (May/June 2010): 50–75
"Maze of Shadows" Fantasy and Science Fiction 122/5&6 (May/June 2012): 69–135

Book reviews[edit]

Year	Review article	Work(s) reviewed
2008	Chappell, Fred (October–November 2008). "Curiosities". F&SF. 115 (4&5): 242.	Forbes, Esther (1954). Rainbow on the road.

References[edit]

^ Fred Chappell Biography Archived October 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ "UNC News release – Poet Fred Chappell to present Thomas Wolfe Lecture Oct. 6". Archived from the original on August 24, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2007.
^ "North Carolina Poet Laureate | Biography: Fred Chappell". Archived from the original on September 8, 2005.
^ Risen, Clay (January 25, 2024). "Fred Chappell, Writer Who Celebrated the Carolina Mountains, Dies at 87". The New York Times. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
^ Fred Chappell, acclaimed author and past NC Poet Laureate, dies at 87
^ Chappell, Fred (2004). Backsass. LSU Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-2944-9.
^ Chappell, Fred (1973). The Gaudy Place. Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-917990-49-6.
^ reprint. C&M Online Media, Inc. 2002. ISBN 978-0-917990-49-6.
^ Chappell, Fred (1965). The Inkling. Harcourt. ISBN 978-1-932482-08-9.
^ reprint. C&M Online Media, Inc. 2003. ISBN 978-1-932482-08-9.
^ "The Inkling by Fred Chappell". Archived from the original on May 29, 2010. Retrieved March 24, 2009.
^ Chappell, Fred (1963). It Is Time, Lord. Atheneum. ISBN 978-1-932482-22-5.
^ Reprint. C&M Online Media, Inc. 2005. ISBN 978-1-932482-22-5.
^ "It Is Time, Lord". Archived from the original on July 4, 2008.
^ Chappell, Fred (1980). Moments of Light. New South Co. ISBN 978-1-886420-26-7.
^ reprint. C&M Online Media, Inc. 1996. ISBN 978-1-886420-26-7.
^ Chappell, Fred (1997). Farewell, I'm Bound to Leave You. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-312-16834-6.
^ Chappell, Fred (1996). Look Back All the Green Valley. Picador USA. ISBN 978-0-312-24310-4.
^ reprint. Macmillan. 1999. ISBN 978-0-312-24310-4.
^ World Fantasy Convention. "Award Winners and Nominees". Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
^ Fred Chappell at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

External links[edit]

Documentary Fred Chappell: I am One of You Forever/
Review of Fred Chappell's writings
Online resources on Fred Chappell
Interview with Fred Chappell
Guide to the Fred Chappell Papers, Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Duke University
Finding Aid for the Fred Chappell-Lee Kinard Interviews at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Archived July 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
UNCG Oral History with Fred Chappell
Fred Chappell at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Stuart Wright Collection: Fred Chappell Papers (#1169-017), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University
Fred Chappell (biographical note)

[1] Fred Chappell Biography Archived October 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[2] "UNC News release – Poet Fred Chappell to present Thomas Wolfe Lecture Oct. 6". Archived from the original on August 24, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2007.

[3] "North Carolina Poet Laureate | Biography: Fred Chappell". Archived from the original on September 8, 2005.

[4] Risen, Clay (January 25, 2024). "Fred Chappell, Writer Who Celebrated the Carolina Mountains, Dies at 87". The New York Times. Retrieved January 25, 2024.

[5] Fred Chappell, acclaimed author and past NC Poet Laureate, dies at 87

[6] Chappell, Fred (2004). Backsass. LSU Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-2944-9.

[7] Chappell, Fred (1973). The Gaudy Place. Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-917990-49-6.

[8] reprint. C&M Online Media, Inc. 2002. ISBN 978-0-917990-49-6.

[9] Chappell, Fred (1965). The Inkling. Harcourt. ISBN 978-1-932482-08-9.

[10] reprint. C&M Online Media, Inc. 2003. ISBN 978-1-932482-08-9.

[11] "The Inkling by Fred Chappell". Archived from the original on May 29, 2010. Retrieved March 24, 2009.

[12] Chappell, Fred (1963). It Is Time, Lord. Atheneum. ISBN 978-1-932482-22-5.

[13] Reprint. C&M Online Media, Inc. 2005. ISBN 978-1-932482-22-5.

[14] "It Is Time, Lord". Archived from the original on July 4, 2008.

[15] Chappell, Fred (1980). Moments of Light. New South Co. ISBN 978-1-886420-26-7.

[16] reprint. C&M Online Media, Inc. 1996. ISBN 978-1-886420-26-7.

[17] Chappell, Fred (1997). Farewell, I'm Bound to Leave You. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-312-16834-6.

[18] Chappell, Fred (1996). Look Back All the Green Valley. Picador USA. ISBN 978-0-312-24310-4.

[19] reprint. Macmillan. 1999. ISBN 978-0-312-24310-4.

[20] World Fantasy Convention. "Award Winners and Nominees". Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved February 4, 2011.

[isfdb-21] Fred Chappell at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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v t e North Carolina Poets Laureate
Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1948–1953) James Larkin Pearson (1953–1981) Sam Ragan (1982–1996) Fred Chappell (1997–2002) Kathryn Stripling Byer (2005–2009) Cathy Smith Bowers (2010–2012) Joseph Bathanti (2012–2014) Valerie Macon (2014; resigned) Shelby Stephenson (2014-2018) Jaki Shelton Green (2018-present)
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