Kim Bridgford

American writer

Kim Bridgford (August 9, 1959 – June 28, 2020) was an American poet, writer, critic, and academic.

Kim Bridgford
Born(1959-08-08)August 8, 1959
Coal Valley, Illinois, U.S.
DiedJune 28, 2020(2020-06-28) (aged 60)
Bettendorf, Iowa, U.S.
Occupation
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Iowa (B.A. and M.F.A.)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Ph.D.)
Literary movementNew Formalism
Notable awardsConnecticut Professor of the Year (1994)
Donald Justice Poetry Prize (2007)
SpousePeter Duval
Children1

In her poetry, she wrote mainly in traditional forms, particularly sonnets.[1] She was the director of Poetry by the Sea: A Global Conference, created in 2014 and first held in May 2015.[2] She directed the West Chester University Poetry Conference from 2010 through 2014. She was born in Coal Valley, Illinois. Bridgford started teaching at Fairfield University in Connecticut in 1989.[3]

Bridgford died from cancer on June 28, 2020, at the age of 60, at a hospice care center in Bettendorf, Iowa.[4]

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References

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  1. "MFA in Creative Writing - Kim Bridgford". Archived from the original on 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  2. "Poetry by the Sea". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  3. Sara Quigley "In Poetry And Politics Fairfield Professors Rise To The Occasion", Fairfield Mirror (October 10, 2007)
  4. "Kim S. Bridgford". Trimble Funeral Home & Crematory. Retrieved June 29, 2020.