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Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Decatur, GA

Georgia US

Email:

villafelice@comcast.net

Bio:

Ken has an MA in Twentieth-Century American & British Literature from Indiana University. He studied under Miller Williams at Louisiana State University. A Professor Emeritus of English, he has been a consultant for a fine-arts journal and a literary quarterly. He has written a screenplay version of Sea Change, Someone Bought the House on the Island, and The Change, as well as a horror script The Crystal Ball, and is looking for a producer or agent. Most of his books are available at www.amazon.com [2].

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Favorite authors:

Raymond Atkins, Ingmar Bergman, Cavafy, Dickinson, Faulkner, Hellman, Hemingway, Hesse, Homer, Ibsen, Isherwood, Lawrence, Plath, Sexton, Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams.

Born in:

Pineville, LA

Louisiana

Raised in:

Baton Rouge, LA

Louisiana

Prizes won:

"Four Poems" Finalist 2021 Saints & Sinners Poetry Contest.

"Leda and the Swan" First Place, Deep South Contest.

Sea Change: An Example of the Pleasure Principle, Finalist 2012 Ferro-Grumley Award & Independent Publishers Editor's Choice.

Someone Bought the House on the Island: A Dream Journal, Finalist 1996 Independent Publisher Book Awards.

"Oppidum Obscurum" Louisiana State University Caffee Medal for Prose.

"Harness Bells," First Place for Fiction, Louisiana College Writers.

Someone Bought the House on the Island: A Dream in Two Acts, First Place, 2008 Saints & Sinners Playwriting Contest.

Mattie Cushman: A Psychodrama, First Place in Drama & Grand Prize, Louisiana College Writers.

The Statue of Pan, Official Selection LGBTQ Unbordered International Film Festival.

Someone Bought the House on the Island (screenplay): Winner of Best First-Time Screenwriter (Feature Script) at Script Awards Los Angeles (Sept. 30, 2022).

Identifies as:

American