Peter Klappert

Background

Klappert, Peter was born on November 14, 1942 in Rockville Center, New York, United States. Son of Herman Emil and Grace Barbara (Rupp) Klappert.

Education

Bachelor, Cornell University, 1964. Master of Arts, University Iowa, 1967. Master of Fine Arts, University Iowa, 1968.

Career

Instructor English, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, 1968-1971; Briggs-Copeland lecturer English, Harvard University, 1971-1974; visiting lecturer, New College, Sarasota, Florida, 1972; writer-in-residence, College William and Mary, 1976-1977; assistant professor, College William and Mary, 1977-1978; assistant professor, George Mason U., Fairfax, Virginia, 1978-1981; associate professor, George Mason U., Fairfax, Virginia, 1981-1992; professor, George Mason U., Fairfax, Virginia, since 1992; director creative writing, George Mason U., Fairfax, Virginia, 1979-1980, 85-88; director Master of Fine Arts program in poetry, George Mason U., Fairfax, Virginia, since 1996; resident fellow, MacDowell Colony, 1973, 75; resident fellow, Fondation Karolyi, 1976; resident fellow, Millay Colony, 1981; resident fellow, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, 1978, 79, 81, 84, 87, 88, 93, 95; faculty member, Martha's Vineyard Workshops on Writing, 1984. Faculty member The Writer's Center, Bethesda, Maryland., 1980-1996.

Achievements

• Peter Klappert has been listed as a noteworthy Poet, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Idiot Princess of the Last Dynasty

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  • Circular Stairs, Distress in the Mirrors Poems by Peter Klappert

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  • The Idiot Princess of the Last Dynasty. Poems
  • The Idiot Princess of The Last Dynasty: Poems
  • Circular Stairs, Distress in the Mirrors Poems
  • Lugging Vegetables to Nantucket (Yale Series of Younger Poets)
  • Circular Stairs, Distress in the Mirrors

Membership

Member Association Writing Programs, Writer's Center of Bethesda (Maryland.), Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Academy American Poets.

Connections

Father:

Herman Emil Klappert

Mother:

Grace Barbara (Rupp) Klappert