Claude Wilkinson (born Memphis, Tennessee) is an American poet and artist.
Life
He graduated from the University of Mississippi and University of Memphis. He was writer-in-residence at the University of Mississippi.
His work has appeared in Atlanta Review, Blue Mesa Review, California State Poetry Quarterly, Chattahoochee Review, The Oxford American, Poem, South Dakota Review, The Southern Review and Xavier Review. His paintings have been exhibited at University of Mississippi.
He lives in Nesbit, Mississippi.
Awards
2000 Whiting Award
1999 Walter E. Dakin Fellowship in Poetry from the Sewanee Writers' Conference
1997 Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award
Works
Marvelous Light
Anthologies
Evensong: contemporary American poets on spirituality (Bottom Dog Press, 2006) Fresh Water (Pudding House Publications, 2002)