Robert Hazel

University of North Carolina at Asheville D. Hiden Ramsey Library Special Collections Robert Hazel (1921 - 1993) Southern Appalachian Writers Collection M2005.05.02-08

Title	Robert Hazel
Creator	Southern Highlands Research Center
Alt. Creator	D. H. Ramsey Library
Identifier	http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/southern_appalachian_writers/hazel_robert/hazel_robert.htm
Subject Keyword	Robert Hazel ; Southern Appalachian Writers ; Appalachia
Subject LCSH	Hazel, Robert, 1921 - 1993 American literature -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- History and criticism American literature -- Appalachian Mountains -- History and criticism Appalachians (People) in literature Appalachian Region, Southern -- Description and travel
Description	The collection contains letters of correspondence, ephemera, a photograph, book jackets, an audio recording, and anecdotal information on the writer. These materials were gathered as part of an exhibition of Southern Appalachian Writers held at UNCA in the early 1980's and sponsored by D. H. Ramsey Library and the Southern Highlands Research Center.
Publisher	D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Contributor	Annette Hatley
Date	2005-08-23
Type	Collection ; text ; photograph ; audio recording
Format	1 folder ; text ; image
Source	M2005.05.02-8
Language	English
Relation	The Heritage of Western North Carolina, D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville
Coverage	1900's - present ; North Carolina ;
Rights	Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Some materials in collections are electronic rights only. Please ask for assistance from Special Collections staff.
Donor	240
Acquisition	2004-03-
Citation	Robert Hazel in Southern Appalachian Writers Collection, D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Processed by	Special Collections staff, 2005
Last update	2008-09-17
Statement on writing	"One is called to art as a priest is called to the Church. It is a total devotion. One must master a craft as one confirms himself with ritual. These, fortunately, are the same."
Biography	Robert Hazel was born in Indiana in 1921, but spent much of his adult life in North Carolina and Kentucky, where he, at the University of Kentucky, taught English Literature and Creative Writing to Wendell Berry, among others. He published three novels before his death, but is perhaps better known for his poetry volumes. After his retirement, Hazel relocated to Eustis, Florida, where he died on July 19, 1993.
Bibliography	*BOOKS BY*
1953	The Lost Year. New York: The World Publishing Company, 1953.
1954	A Field Full of People. New York: The World Publishing Company 1954.
1961	Poems, 1951-1961. Morehead: Eagle Editions, 1961.
1968	American Elegies. Fargo, ND: North Dakota State University Press, 1968.
1971	Early Spring. New York: W.W. Norton, 1971.
1980	Who Touches This: Selected Poems, 1951-1979. Taftsville, VA: Countryman Press, 1980.
1985	Soft Coal. Taftsville, VA: Countryman Press, 1985.
1992	Clock of Clay: New and Selected Poems. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1992.
	*ARTICLES ABOUT*
1994	"Threnody Is My Name." Kuehl, John. Virginia Quarterly Review, v. 70.2 (1994): 378-82.
2006	"The UK Connection." Thurman, Tom. Living By Words. October 24, 2007. <http://www.ket.org/livingbywords/roots/uk.htm>.