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Jim Barnes , 1933-

Choctaw

Jim Barnes was born near Summerfield, Oklahoma in 1933 and is of Choctaw and Welsh heritage. He studied at Southeastern Oklahoma State University and received his Ph.D. in Literature from the University of Arkansas. Barnes currently serves as Professor of Comparative Literature at Northeast Missouri State University, and is the founder and editor of the Chariton Review.

Awards and Honors

Translation Prize, 1980

Oklahoma Book Award,1993
Fulbright Fellowship

 

Online resources by or about Jim Barnes:

Jim Barnes
Author: Jim Barnes and Karen Strom
Type: authorbio
Description: Biographical and bibliographical information about Barnes.
URL: http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/barnes/
Jim Barnes
Author: Missouri Center for the Book
Type: authorbio
Description: Information about Barnes from the Missouri Authors Directory.
URL: http://authors.missouri.org/barnes-j.html

Books by Jim Barnes:

Barnes, Jim. The American book of the dead
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1982.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 107 p. ; 22 cm.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0252009371 / 025200938X (pbk.)
Barnes, Jim. Fiction of Malcolm Lowry and Thomas Mann : structural tradition
Kirksville, Mo. : Thomas Jefferson University Press, 1990.
Genre: Nonfiction
Description: 186 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references. Lowry, Malcolm, 1909-1957--Criticism and interpretation. Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955--Criticism and interpretation.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0943549035
Barnes, Jim. Five Missouri poets
Kirksville, Mo. : Chariton Review Press, 1979.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 124 p. ; 23 cm. Volume of Missouri poetry edited by Jim Barnes. Contains poetry by: John Knoepfle. David Ray. Howard Schwartz. Marcia Southwick. Leslie Ullman.
Audience: Adult
Barnes, Jim. On Native Ground : Memoirs and Impressions
Genre: Autobiography
Description: Memoirs of growing up in southeastern Oklahoma during the Depression and World War II to adulthood and international recognition as a poet. Volume 23 in the American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series. 296 p. : 5x8 in.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0806128984
Barnes, Jim. Paris : poems
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1998.
Genre: Poetry
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0252066227
Barnes, Jim. La plata contata
West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, 1989.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 61 p. ; 23 cm.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0911198962
Barnes, Jim. The sawdust war
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1992.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 117 p. ; 21 cm.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 0252062396 (pbk.)
Barnes, Jim. A season of loss
West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, 1985.
Genre: Poetry
Description: 66 p. : ill., port. ; 23 cm.
Audience: Adult
ISBN: 091119875X
Barnes, Jim. Summons and sign : poems
Kirksville, Mo. : Chariton Review Press, 1980.
Genre: Poetry
Language: English and German
Description: Translation of Zeugnis und Zeichen. 124 p. ; 23 cm. Jim Barnes' translation of this book of poetry by Dagmar Nick earned him the Translation Prize in 1980.
Audience: Adult
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