Jack Collom

Jack Collom
BornJohn Aldridge Collom
(1931-11-08)November 8, 1931
Chicago, Illinois
DiedJuly 2, 2017(2017-07-02) (aged 85)
Boulder, Colorado
Occupationpoet, teacher, essayist
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Colorado, BA and MA
Notable awardsNEA Poetry Fellowship (1980, 1990)
SpouseEdeltraud Maria Teresia Hopps (div. 1974)
Mara Meshak (div.)
Jennifer Heath
ChildrenNathaniel, Christopher, Franz, Sierra

John Aldridge "Jack" Collom (November 8, 1931 – July 2, 2017) was an American poet, essayist, and pedagogue. His twenty-five books include Red Car Goes By: Selected Poems 1955-2000, Situation Sings (with Lyn Hejinian), and Second Nature, which won the 2013 Colorado Book Award for Poetry.

In the field of education and pedagogy, he made unique contributions in the subjects of eco-literature, ecopoetics, and creative writing instruction for children.

Collon died in Boulder, Colorado from respiratory failure caused by lung cancer on July 2, 2017, aged 85.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Jack Collom Obituary - Boulder, Colorado - Crist Mortuary". crist-mort.tributes.com. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Jack Collom, Boulder poet and educator, remembered for 'a great run of a life'".
  3. ↑ ""The Poet Is In" Poet-in-residence Jack Collom". Eventful. Archived from the original on 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  4. ↑ "Jack Collom". www.naropa.edu. Archived from the original on 2017-07-02. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  5. ↑ KGNU News (July 3, 2017) "Poet Jack Collom: 1931-2017". kgnu.org. 3 July 2017. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2017.

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