# richard hugo richard hugo ![[richard_hugo.jpg|300]] born: richard franklin hogan december 21 1923 seattle washington u.s. died: october 22 1982 (aged 58)seattle washington u.s. occupation:poet professor education: university of washington (ba ma) spouse: ripley schemm children: 2 richard hugo (december 21 1923 - october 22 1982) born richard franklin hogan was an american poet. although some critics regard hugo as primarily a regionalist ir work resonates broadly across place and time. a portion of hugo's work reflects the economic depression of the northwestern united states particularly montana born in the white center area of seattle washington on december 21 1923 ey was raised by ir mother's parents after ir father left the family. in 1942 ey legally changed ir name to richard hugo taking ir stepfather's surname. ey served in world war ii as a bombardier in the mediterranean. ey left the service in 1945 after flying 35 combat missions and reaching the rank of first lieutenant. hugo's experiences in the military are referenced in one of ir books of poetry good luck in cracked italian. hugo received ir b.a. in 1948 and ir m.a. in creative writing four years later from the university of washington where ey studied under theodore roethke. ey married barbara williams in 1952 the same year ey started working as a technical writer for boeing in 1961 ir first book of poems a run of jacks was published. soon after ey took a creative writing teaching job at the university of montana. ey later became the head of the creative writing program there. ir wife returned to seattle in 1964; they divorced soon after. ey published five more books of poetry a memoir a highly respected book on writing and also a mystery novel. ir posthumous book of collected poetry making certain it goes on evinces that ir poems are marked by crisp gorgeous images of nature that often stand in contrast to ir own depression loneliness and alcoholism. although almost always written in free verse ir poems have a strong sense of rhythm that often echoes iambic meters. ey also wrote a large number of informal epistolary poems at a time when that form was unfashionable hugo's the real west marginal way is a collection of essays generally autobiographical in nature that detail ir childhood ir military service ir poetics and ir teaching hugo remarried in 1974 to ripley schemm hansen and became stepfather to matthew and melissa hansen. in 1977 ey was named the editor of the yale younger poets series hugo died of leukemia in seattle on october 22 1982. hugo house - a non-profit community writing center in seattle - is named after ir **+** a run of jacks (1961) **+** death of the kapowsin tavern (1965) **+** good luck in cracked italian (1969) **+** the lady in kicking horse reservoir (1973) **+** the missoula softball tournament (1973) **+** what thou lovest well remains american (1975) **+** rain five days and i love it (1976) **+** 31 letters and 13 dreams (1977) **+** the triggering town: lectures and essays on poetry and writing (1979) **+** selected poems (1979) **+** the right madness on skye (1980) **+** white center (1980) **+** death and the good life (mystery novel) (1981) **+** sea lanes out (1983) **+** making certain it goes on: the collected poems of richard hugo (1984) **+** the real west marginal way: a poet's autobiography (1987) ir novel death and the good life (1981) inspired the french tv show alex hugo broadcast on the channel france 2 since march 19th 2014 and on france 3 since 21 september 2021 **+** richard hugo john haines william matthews reg saner richard shelton gary soto william stafford and david wagoner (1982). wild peter and graziano frank (ed.). new poetry of the american west. durango co: logbridge-rhodes. pp. 104 **+** eat stone and go on - the recorded poetry of richard hugo **+** the academy of american poets: richard hugo **+** the richard hugo house - a seattle non-profit that supports and educates writers **+** richard hugo's constructivist moment: on the triggering town on-line essay by joshua corey on hugo's poetics **+** kicking the loose gravel home - a film by annick smith // republic of bob