Richard Dillard

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard Henry Wilde Dillard (born 11 October 1937) is an American poet, author, critic, and translator. Born in Roanoke, Virginia, Dillard is best known as a poet. He is also highly-regarded as a writer of fiction and critical essays, as well as one of the screenwriters for the cult classic Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster.He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Roanoke College and went on to receive of a Master of Arts (1959) and the Ph. D. (1965) from the University of Virginia. While at the University of Virginia he was both a Woodrow Wilson and a DuPont Fellow. He is considered something of an institution at Hollins University where he has been teaching creative writing, literature, and film studies since 1964. Dillard has been the editor of the Hollins Critic since 1996. He also served as the vice president of the Film Journal from 1973-1980. He is the winner of numerous awards for his writing including the Academy of American Poets Prize, the O. B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize, and the Hanes Award for Poetry. In 2007, he was awarded the George Garrett Award for Service to Contemporary Literature by the Association of Writers & Writing Programs. Dillard influenced many contemporary writers including both his ex-wives Annie Dillard and Cathryn Hankla. Others include the likes of Henry S. Taylor, Lee Smith, Lucinda MacKethan, Anne Jones, Rosanne Coggeshall, Wyn Cooper, Jill McCorkle, Madison Smartt Bell, and Julia Johnson. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Dillard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Don Micheals

Temple Grandin

Charlie Prescott

Walking Tall: The Payback

TV Doctor

Elvis & Anabelle

Walter

The Secret She Carried

Texas Justice

Reporter

Friday Night Lights

Pickford's Dad

Dazed and Confused

Seth

Angel Dog

Father (uncredited)

Song to Song

Ben Lake

The Last Prostitute

Coach

Men, Women & Children

Sheriff Boudreaux

Stop-Loss

Kent

Beatdown

The President

RocketMan

Senator Sam

Warning: Parental Advisory

Sam Fuller

Slap Her... She's French

Irv

The Last Stand

Man on Street

Infamous

Doctor

Beneath the Darkness

Mr. Sloan

A Taste for Killing

Mayor Roy Huckaby

Screen Door Jesus

Devil Rays Manager

The Rookie

Mr. Benson

Picnic

Tex Summer

Breaking the Press

Paradise Recovered