Kent H. Dixon Explained

Kent Hooker Dixon (born June 3, 1941) is an American author, scholar and translator.

Early life and education

Dixon was born in Miami Beach, Florida.[1] He attended the Asheville School for Boys.[2] In college, summers were spent in France and Italy, learning languages and being drawn to poets and philosophers.[3]

He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina in comparative literature and French, a Master of Arts from Johns Hopkins University and his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa with concentrations in American literature, modern art and film.

In 1960, he pledged for Beta Theta Pi.[4] Dixon became a member of the Mayflower Club, Colonial Wars, Sons of the Revolution, Order of Founders and Patriots of America.[5] [6] [7] [8]

Career

In 1965, Asheville School for Boys hired Dixon to teach English and French, as well as coach track and swimming. He also assumed the role of faculty advisor for the school's literary magazine.[9] In the role of Jake, Dixon debuted as a performer in the Asheville Community Theatre's 1967 musical presentation of "The Three Penny Opera."[10]

From 1980-2012, Dixon taught literature and creative writing at Wittenberg University.[11] [12] He was granted tenure in 1986.[13] He continued to teach a summer course on white water kayaking and creative writing after retirement.[3]

The Nuclear Dilemma became an important topic for Dixon in the 1980s. He along with three other Wittenberg professors commenced a seminar on the subject in 1982 as a part of a year-long examination of "War and Peace."[14] His opinion of war was shared briefly in 1983 through his view of the threat of nuclear war and its psychological effects, specifically on children impacted by viewing "The Day After."[15]

Writing

Dixon is primarily considered a prose writer focusing on short shorts and translations. His fiction writings have been published in The Iowa Review, TriQuarterly, The Georgia Review, The Antioch Review, Shenandoah, The Gettysburg Review, and the Carolina Quarterly. He has released nonfiction in The American Prospect, Energy Review, Florida Review, Kansas Quarterly and Grand Tour.[16] [17]

"God Crosses His Sevens," a story by Dixon was a 1963 selection in "The Young Writer at Chapel Hill" anthology by UNC creative writing students.[18] It was considered "the best story in the collection," by journalist Larry Walz.[19]

"The Epic of Gilgamesh," is a 2018 graphic novel adaptation of the epic Babylonian poem with influences by Robert Crumb, published by Seven Stories Press.[20] [21]

Works

Publications

Translations

Dixon has translated the work of Charles Baudelaire, Stéphan Mallarmé, Rainer Maria Rilke and Sappho.[32]

Awards

Personal life

Dixon married Beverly Alice Davis on August 21, 1964. She attended the University of North Carolina, as well, and was a member of Kappa Delta sorority. They had a civil ceremony in Norway followed by a homecoming on November 7. The couple divorced when their sons were young. The boys moved with their father from Iowa to California to Ohio before reuniting with Davis in Chapel Hill in the early '80s. Beverly has exhibited her paintings at art shows with their sons, Laird S. Dixon, a sculptor, and Kevin H. Dixon, an underground comic book artist.[40] [41] Kevin collaborated with his father as the illustrator on "The Epic of Gilgamesh."[42] [43]

Dixon later married Mimi Still, daughter of Ray Still, and together raised four sons.[44] Christopher J. Dixon, a venture capitalist at Andreesen Horowitz, donated $75,000 to Wittenberg University in his parents' honor to establish the Dixon Professorship endowment in 2013. The award was intended to attract writer-in-residence candidates to fill the vacant positions left by his parents upon their retirement.[45]

References

  1. Web site: Kent H. Dixon - Calvin Center for Faith & Writing . 2024-01-25 . ccfw.calvin.edu.
  2. Web site: 14 Sep 1965 . Asheville School Opens 66th Year . 2024-01-26 . The Asheville Times . 15 . en . Newspapers.com.
  3. Web site: Streeby . Jeff . 2020-11-18 . Featured Writer Kent DixonInterview"Contributing Editor Kalireyna Streebytalks with writer Kent Dixon" . 2024-01-26 . O:JA&L . en-US.
  4. Web site: 7 Oct 1960 . UNC Fraternities Announce Pledging Of 550 Freshmen . 2024-01-26 . The Daily Tar Heel . 4 . en . Newspapers.com.
  5. Web site: 20 Nov 1964 . Home Rites Unite Beverly Davis, Kent H. Dixon . 2024-01-25 . The Herald-Sun . 17 . en . Newspapers.com.
  6. Web site: 3 Oct 1961 . Death Notices - Roland Mather Hooker . 2024-01-26 . . 34 . en . Newspapers.com.
  7. Web site: 7 May 1954 . Revolutionary Reunion . 2024-01-27 . The Miami News . 21 . en . Newspaper.com.
  8. Web site: 13 Feb 1951 . Patriots Heads Are Re-Elected . 2024-01-27 . Tampa Bay Times . 3 . en . Newspapers.com.
  9. Web site: 14 Sep 1965 . Asheville School Ready For 66th Year of Classes . 2024-01-26 . Asheville Citizen-Times . 5 . en . Newspapers.com.
  10. Web site: 22 Jan 1967 . ACT To Stage "The 3 Penny Opera" . 2024-01-26 . Asheville Citizen-Times . 34 . en . Newspapers.com.
  11. Web site: Kent H. Dixon, Ph.D. Wittenberg University . 2024-01-25 . www.wittenberg.edu.
  12. Web site: Seven Stories Press . 2024-01-25 . sevenstories.com . en.
  13. Web site: 11 Jun 1986 . WU board approves renovation expenditures . 2024-01-26 . Springfield News-Sun . 7 . en . Newspapers.com.
  14. Web site: 7 Sep 1982 . Students at WU expect holocaust . 2024-01-26 . Springfield News-Sun . 5 . en . Newspapers.com.
  15. Web site: Dixon . Kent H. . 19 Nov 1983 . Your Views - Threat of nuclear war and its psychological effects . 2024-01-26 . Springfield News-Sun . 6 . en . Newspapers.com.
  16. Web site: bjj-sportliterate . 2018-02-01 . Mid-Range Essay Contest Winner . 2024-01-26 . Sport Literate . en-US.
  17. Web site: Issue 37.1 . 2024-01-26 . The Florida Review . en-US.
  18. Web site: Lazar . Nancy Von . 12 May 1963 . University Student Writings Published . 2024-01-26 . The Chapel Hill News . 12 . en . Newspapers.com.
  19. Web site: Walz . Larry . 12 May 1963 . Rehder's 'Young Writer': Not Great, But Not Bad . 2024-01-26 . The Daily Tar Heel . 3 . en . Newspapers.com.
  20. Web site: Gavaler . Chris . 2018-06-26 . The Epic Comic Book of Gilgamesh . 2024-01-26 . PopMatters . en-US.
  21. Book: Dixon, Kent H. . The Epic of Gilgamesh . 2024-01-25 . 5 June 2018 . . en . 978-1609807931.
  22. Web site: Obsession-[X] Kayak – Kent H. Dixon ]. 2024-01-26 . en.
  23. Web site: Author – Kent H. Dixon . 2024-01-26 . en.
  24. Web site: Bernie's Hole – Kent H. Dixon . 2024-01-26 . en.
  25. Web site: Knock Knock: A Deconstruction – Kent H. Dixon . 2024-01-26 . en.
  26. Web site: From Batista to Fidel, and on to the Most Recent Enemy of the People – Kent H. Dixon . 2024-01-26 . en.
  27. Web site: 48 Hours in the County Jail – Kent H. Dixon . 2024-01-26 . en.
  28. Web site: The House That Crack Built – Kent H. Dixon . 2024-01-26 . en.
  29. Web site: Lorelei – Kent H. Dixon . 2024-01-26 . en.
  30. Web site: Tessellations – Kent H. Dixon . 2024-01-26 . en.
  31. Book: Northeast . Summer 1974 . Chambers . George . Special Experimental Fiction.
  32. Web site: Seven Stories Press . 2024-01-26 . sevenstories.com . en.
  33. Web site: Get Drunk – Kent H. Dixon . 2024-01-26 . en.
  34. Web site: The Stranger – Kent H. Dixon . 2024-01-26 . en.
  35. Web site: The Dog and the Perfume – Kent H. Dixon . 2024-01-26 . en.
  36. Web site: The Afternoon of a Faun – Kent H. Dixon . 2024-01-26 . en.
  37. Web site: The Corpse Washers – Kent H. Dixon . 2024-01-26 . en.
  38. Web site: To Anaktoria – Kent H. Dixon . 2024-01-26 . en.
  39. Web site: Unheard Melodies – Kent H. Dixon . 2024-01-26 . en.
  40. Web site: Currin . Grayson Haver . 2005-07-06 . Art lair . 2024-01-26 . INDY Week . en-US.
  41. Web site: Carlson . Angie . 2001-11-21 . A Family Affair . 2024-01-26 . INDY Week . en-US.
  42. Web site: Mimi S. Dixon, Ph.D. Wittenberg University . 2024-01-26 . www.wittenberg.edu.
  43. Web site: 1 Oct 2006 . Obituaries - Fletcher, Renee Barat . 2024-01-26 . Springfield News-Sun . 31 . en . Newspapers.com.
  44. Web site: 2014-03-12 . Ray Still, legendary CSO oboist and teacher remembered . 2024-01-26 . Chicago Tribune.
  45. Web site: Stafford . Tom . 24 Nov 2013 . Son provides seed money to extend parents' legacy . 2024-01-26 . springfield-news-sun . English.

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