Christopher Merrill
Christopher Merrill has published seven collections of poetry, including Watch Fire , for which he received the Lavan Younger Poets Award from the Academy of American Poets; many edited volumes and translations; and six books of nonfiction, among them, Only the Nails Remain: Scenes from the Balkan Wars , Things of the Hidden God: Journey to the Holy Mountain , The Tree of the Doves: Ceremony, Expedition, War , and Self-Portrait with Dogwood . As director of the International Writing Program at...See more
Christopher Merrill has published seven collections of poetry, including Watch Fire , for which he received the Lavan Younger Poets Award from the Academy of American Poets; many edited volumes and translations; and six books of nonfiction, among them, Only the Nails Remain: Scenes from the Balkan Wars , Things of the Hidden God: Journey to the Holy Mountain , The Tree of the Doves: Ceremony, Expedition, War , and Self-Portrait with Dogwood . As director of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa since 2000, Merrill has conducted cultural diplomacy missions to more than fifty countries. See less
