Poetic Obituaries: [Frank] Manley died on Nov. 9, 2009,

at the age of 79, and his friends and colleagues attest that Manley lived an enthusiastic life that brought out the enthusiasm of others. His poetry, prose, plays and scholarship earned Manley multiple honors, including two Georgia Author of the Year Awards; two Guggenheim Fellowships; a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship; and first prize at the 1985 Humana Festival of New American Plays for his play Two Masters, which starred Kathy Bates. At the time, the Boston Globe's Kevin Kelly wrote, "Frank Manley has the uncanny ability to dramatize scenes that, at first, seem alien and almost incidental, only to reveal themselves as universal."

from Creative Loafing: Emory University pays tribute to the late Frank Manley

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