Carter Revard
Carter Revard | |
---|---|
Born | Pawhuska, Oklahoma, U.S. | March 25, 1931
Died | January 3, 2022 University City, Missouri, U.S. | (aged 90)
Occupation |
|
Education | Native American Literature, Free verse |
Notable works | How the Songs Come Down |
Website | |
www |
Carter Curtis Revard (March 25, 1931 – January 3, 2022) was an American poet, scholar, and writer. He was of
His Osage name, Nompehwahthe, was given to him in 1952 by Josephine Jump, his Osage grandmother.
Since 1980, Revard had become notable as a Native American poet and writer, and published several books, as well as numerous articles about the literature. However, Revard was never enrolled as a citizen in a
Early life and education
Revard was born in
Winning a radio quiz scholarship, Revard attended the
Academic career
Revard first taught at
Revard's major scholarly focus throughout his career was on
In 1967, Revard worked on a project in California funded by the military, which related to putting a large dictionary of the English language into computer accessible form, and developing programs to access it; he participated as a "semanticist linguist." It was related to computerizing
In 1971-1972, Revard went to England on a sabbatical, where he tried to do medieval research at Oxford during a period of student unrest and disruption that damaged important library resources. During this period, he also started writing and sending out poems, which appeared in journals and anthologies, including Voices from the Rainbow: Contemporary Poetry by American Indians released by Viking Press in 1975. His first poetry collection, Ponca War Dancers, was published in 1980 by Point Riders Press out of Norman, Oklahoma.[6] Many of the poems written about his Oxford period would be collected much later in An Eagle Nation (1993), particularly "Homework At Oxford," in which the speaker walks the grounds of the university and has a dream vision of his childhood in north central Oklahoma. Revard has also been a visiting professor at the universities of Tulsa and Oklahoma.
In addition, he published several critical articles about
Personal life and death
He was married to Stella, a scholar of Milton. They had four children: Stephen, Geoffrey, Vanessa, and Lawrence. Revard died at his residence in University City on January 3, 2022, at the age of 90.[7]
Awards and professional recognition
- 2007 - American Indian Festival of Words Author Award
- 2005 - Lifetime Achievement Award, Native Writers' Circle of the Americas
- 2002 - Finalist, Oklahoma Book Award, Nonfiction category, for Winning the Dust Bowl
- 2000 - Writer of the Year, Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers
- 1994 - Oklahoma Book Award, Poetry category, for Cowboys and Indians Christmas Shopping
- The Spring 2003 issue of the journal, Studies in American Indian Literatures (SAIL) was entirely devoted to discussions of Revard's work; it also included pieces by him.
Carter Revard was a member of the Modern Language Association (MLA), the Association for Studies in American Indian Literature, the River Styx Literary Organization, the Association of American Rhodes Scholars, the University of Tulsa Board of Visitors, the St. Louis Gourd Dancers and Phi Beta Kappa.[citation needed]
He served the American Indian Center of St. Louis as board member, Secretary and President.
Works
Books
- How the Songs Come Down, Salt Publications (2005), poetry
- Winning the Dust Bowl, University of Arizona Press (2001), autobiography
- Family Matters, Tribal Affairs, University of Arizona Press (1999), autobiography
- An Eagle Nation, University of Arizona Press (1997) poetry
- Cowboys and Indians Christmas Shopping, Point Riders Press (1992), poetry
- Ponca War Dancers, Point Riders Press (1980), poetry
Notes
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Strom, Karen; Revard, Carter. "Carter Revard". hanksville.org. Karen Strom. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ^ a b Snyder 2017, p. 166.
- ^ Glancy & Rodriguez 2023, p. 212.
- ^ Levens 1964, p. 438.
- ^ a b Snyder 2017, p. 167.
- ^ a b Transcript of Interview with Megan Brown Archived September 1, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, American Lives, Washington University in St. Louis, April 16, 2001
- ^ "Carter Curtis Revard". St. Louis Cremation. January 3, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
Works cited
- Glancy, Diane; Rodriguez, Lina (2023). Unpapered: Writers Consider Native American Identity and Cultural Belonging. ISBN 978-1496235008.
- Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900–1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
- Snyder, Michael (2017). John Joseph Mathews: Life of an Osage Writer. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-5609-5.
Further reading
- Arnold, Ellen L. (2007). The Salt Companion to Carter Revard. ISBN 9781844710904.
See also
- John Joseph Mathews, a fellow Osage Oxonian
External links
- Carter Revard, "History, Myth and Identity among Osages and Other Peoples", reprint in Nothing But the Truth: An Anthology of Native American Literature, ed. by John L. Purdy and James Ruppert, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall Publishing, 2001
- Salt "Carter Revard", Salt Publishing includes video and many audio files
- "American Indian Carter Revard discussed his poems with students in Berlin", US Embassy in Germany, November 10, 2006
- "Carter Revard"