Background
Sandy, Stephen was born on August 2, 1934 in Minneapolis. Son of Alan Francis and Evelyn Brown (Martin) Sandy.
Sandy, Stephen was born on August 2, 1934 in Minneapolis. Son of Alan Francis and Evelyn Brown (Martin) Sandy.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1955. Department of Administration and Management, Harvard University, 1958, Doctor of Philosophy, 1963.
Instructor, Harvard University, 1963-1967. Visiting professor U. Toyko, 1967-1968. Assistant professor Brown University, Providence, 1968-1969.
Member of faculty Bennington (Vermont) College, 1969.
McGee professor of writing Davidson (North Carolina) College, 1994. Lecturer U. Rhode Island, 1969.
Professor Harvard University Summer School, 1986, 87, 88. Poetryworkshop director Chautauqua Institution, 1975, 77, Johnson (Vermont) State College, 1976, 77, Bennington College, summers 1978-1980, 1989, Bennington Writing Seminars Program, 1994-1996, Wesleyan Writers Conference, 1981.
Councillor for English, Harvard Graduate Society Council, 1969-1974.
With United States Army, 1955-1957. Dexter fellow, 1961; Yaddo fellow, 1963-1968, 76, 93, 97, 98. Huber Foundation grantee, 1973.
Vermont Council Arts grantee, 1974.
Recipient Fulbright postdoctoral award, 1967-1968. Invited poetry fellow Breadloaf Writers Conference, 1968.
Nominee for Pulitzer prize, 1971.
Fellow Ingram Merrill Foundation, 1985, MacDowell Colony fellow, 1986, 93, Blue Mount Center fellow, 1985, 88, creative writing fellow National Endowment for the Arts, 1988, Vermont Council on Arts fellow, 1988, Senior fellow in literature Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, 1998. Member Readers Digest.
Married Virginia Scoville, 1969. Children: Nathaniel Merrill, Clare Scoville.