Peter Wild information

Peter Wild
Peter Wild
Born	Peter T. Wild; April 25, 1940; Northampton, Massachusetts, US
Died	February 23, 2009 (aged 68); Tucson, Arizona, US
Occupation	Professor of English; poet; writer;
Alma mater	University of Arizona (B.A. & M.A.), University of California, Irvine (M.F.A.)
Period	1969–2009
Genre	poetry, American history
Subject	American Southwest
Notable works	Cochise (1973)
Notable awards	Writer's Digest prize, 1964; Ark River Review prize, 1972; nominated, Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, 1973
Spouse	Sylvia Ortiz (1966–?), Rosemary Harrold (1981–?)

Peter T. Wild (April 25, 1940 – February 23, 2009) was a poet, historian, and professor of English at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. Born in Northampton, Massachusetts, he grew up in and graduated from high school in Easthampton, Massachusetts.^[1]^: 5 Wild worked as a rancher and firefighter for the U.S. Forest Service, and served as a lieutenant with the U.S. Army in Germany.^[2] Wild earned his M.F.A. in 1969 from the University of California, Irvine.^[3]^[4] He then began teaching for nearly 40 years and wrote over 2,000 poems; also, he edited or wrote some 80 fiction and non-fiction books, largely dealing with the American West.^[5]^[6] His 1973 volume of poetry, Cochise, a eulogy to the Chiricahua Apache Indians and their leader Cochise,^[7] was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry.^[8]

^ Butscher, Edward (1992). Peter Wild. Boise, ID: Boise State University (Western Writers Series #106). p. 53. ISBN 978-0884301059. OCLC 26252302.
^ "Peter T. Wild, professor, poet".^{[permanent dead link]} The Daily Hampshire Gazette, March 11, 2009
^ Freed, Walter; Greiner, Donald J. (ed.) (1980). "Peter Wild". Dictionary of Literary Biography: Vol. 5, American Poets since World War II, First Series Part 2: L–Z Archived 2012-09-02 at the Wayback Machine. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Research. pp. 390 ff. ISBN 978-0810309241. OCLC 59250237; also available from BookRags at Dictionary of Literary Biography on Peter Wild (subscription required)
^ Wakoski, Diane (January 1, 2001). "Wild, Peter." Contemporary Poets. Gale.
^ "In Memoriam: Peter Wild 1940–2009". University of Arizona Poetry Center. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
^ He became the leading authority on John Charles Van Dyke and the high desert. University of Arizona, University Libraries: Papers of Peter Wild Regarding Research on John C. Van Dyke
^ "Cochise by Peter Wild". Kirkus Reviews.
^ "University of Nevada Press: About Peter Wild". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2013-01-23.

[Butscher-1] Butscher, Edward (1992). Peter Wild. Boise, ID: Boise State University (Western Writers Series #106). p. 53. ISBN 978-0884301059. OCLC 26252302.

[2] "Peter T. Wild, professor, poet".^{[permanent dead link]} The Daily Hampshire Gazette, March 11, 2009

[3] Freed, Walter; Greiner, Donald J. (ed.) (1980). "Peter Wild". Dictionary of Literary Biography: Vol. 5, American Poets since World War II, First Series Part 2: L–Z Archived 2012-09-02 at the Wayback Machine. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Research. pp. 390 ff. ISBN 978-0810309241. OCLC 59250237; also available from BookRags at Dictionary of Literary Biography on Peter Wild (subscription required)

[4] Wakoski, Diane (January 1, 2001). "Wild, Peter." Contemporary Poets. Gale.

[5] "In Memoriam: Peter Wild 1940–2009". University of Arizona Poetry Center. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2012.

[6] He became the leading authority on John Charles Van Dyke and the high desert. University of Arizona, University Libraries: Papers of Peter Wild Regarding Research on John C. Van Dyke

[7] "Cochise by Peter Wild". Kirkus Reviews.

[8] "University of Nevada Press: About Peter Wild". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2013-01-23.

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Peter Wild
Born	Peter T. Wild (1940-04-25)April 25, 1940 Northampton, Massachusetts, US
Died	February 23, 2009(2009-02-23) (aged 68) Tucson, Arizona, US
Occupation	Professor of English poet writer
Alma mater	University of Arizona (B.A. & M.A.), University of California, Irvine (M.F.A.)
Period	1969–2009
Genre	poetry, American history
Subject	American Southwest
Notable works	Cochise (1973)
Notable awards	Writer's Digest prize, 1964 Ark River Review prize, 1972 nominated, Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, 1973
Spouse	Sylvia Ortiz (1966–?), Rosemary Harrold (1981–?)