Victor Contoski
Victor Contoski | |
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| Born | 1936 (age 89–90) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Education | University of Wisconsin–Madison (PhD) |
| Genre | Science fiction |
Victor Contoski (born 1936, Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American writer and university professor of Polish descent, best known for his science-fiction chess story Von Goom's Gambit, published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1966. He got his Ph.D. in American Literature from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1969. In 1980 he edited a book of poetry by poets of Polish ancestry, Blood of Their Blood.[1] He has published multiple volumes of poetry and taught creative writing and American Literature at the University of Kansas. In 2000, he was recipient of the HOPE Teaching Award,[2] chosen by students. He is retired and resides in Lawrence, Kansas.
Bibliography
[edit]- "Von Goom's Gambit", Chess Review, April 1966, reprinted in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1966.
- Four Contemporary Polish Poets (translations), Quixote, 1967
- Astronomers, Madonnas, and Prophecies (poetry), Juniper, 1972
- Broken Treaties (poetry), New Rivers, 1973
- Planting Beeches (translations of Harasymoxicz), New Rivers, 1975
- Names (poetry), New Rivers, 1979
- Unease (translations of Rozewicz), New Rivers, 1980
- A Kansas Sequence (poetry), Tellus, 1983
- Midwestern Buildings (poetry), Cottonwood, 1997
- Homecoming (poetry), New Rivers, 2000
References
[edit]- ↑ Victor Contoski, Blood of Their Blood: An Anthology of Polish-American Poetry, New Rivers Press, 1980, ASIN: B00420WB8I
- ↑ "H.O.P.E Teaching Award". 14 February 2019.
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