Daniel Rifenburgh

Poet

Houston, TX
Texas US
Email: 
DanRifenburgh@gmail.com

Author's Bio

Daniel Rifenburgh was born in Elmira, New Work in 1949, attended the University of Louisville, then served three years in the US Army during the Vietnam War Era. He received a B.A. from Florida Atlantic University, the M.A. from the University of Florida and pursued graduate coursework at the University of Houston. He has worked as a journalist, college adjunct professor, salesman and 18-wheeler truck driver. He lives with his family in Houston.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Isthmus (Mutabilis Press, 2013)
,
Advent (Waywiser Press, 2002)
Journals:
Colorado Review
,
Paris Review
,
Poetry East
,
Shenandoah
,
Southern Poetry Review
,
Southwest Review
,
Texas Review
,
The New Criterion
,
The New Republic
,
Western Humanities Review
Prizes won: 

The Robert H. Winner Prize; Poetry Society of America

The Natalie Ornish Award; Texas Institute of Letters

The Dobie Paisano Fellowship; University of Texas School of Graduate Studies & Texas Institute of Letters

The Florida Poetry Contest; University of Central Florida

Creative Writing Contest; University of Louisville

 

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Keats, Rilke, Vallejo, Traherne, Carpentier, Milosz, Vargas Llosa, etc.
What I'm reading now: 
Uncertain Manifesto by Frederic Pajak

More Information

Gives readings: 
No
Travels for readings: 
No
Born in: 
Elmira
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Last update: Dec 04, 2021