Norman Macleod
1906—1985
Poet and novelist Norman Macleod was born in Salem, Oregon, and earned a BA from the University of New Mexico and an MA from Columbia University. His collections of poetry include Horizons of Death (1934), Thanksgiving Before November (1936), We Thank You All the Time (1941), A Man in Midpassage (1947), Pure as Nowhere (1962), Selected Poems (1975), and The Distance: New and Selected Poems, 1928–1977 (1977). He also wrote the novels You Get What You Ask For (1939) and The Bitter Roots (1941) and the autobiography I Never Lost Anything in Istanbul (1978).
An editor at various magazines and journals, including Pembroke Magazine, Macleod was instrumental in establishing the Poetry Center at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. He taught at numerous institutions, including San Francisco State College, the University of Baghdad in Iraq, and Pembroke State University. He had long friendships with poets such as William Carlos Williams and W.S. Graham, both of whom dedicated poems to him. In 1973, Macleod was awarded the Horace Gregory Award for his work as a poet, an editor, and a teacher. He died in Greenville, North Carolina, and the University of Delaware holds his papers.
An editor at various magazines and journals, including Pembroke Magazine, Macleod was instrumental in establishing the Poetry Center at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. He taught at numerous institutions, including San Francisco State College, the University of Baghdad in Iraq, and Pembroke State University. He had long friendships with poets such as William Carlos Williams and W.S. Graham, both of whom dedicated poems to him. In 1973, Macleod was awarded the Horace Gregory Award for his work as a poet, an editor, and a teacher. He died in Greenville, North Carolina, and the University of Delaware holds his papers.