Biography:

Actor, director, university professor. Born– June 29, 1935, Anniston. Education– Columbia University’s School of Drama, 1956; Wofford College, B.A., 1957; University of North Carolina, M.A.; 1959; University of Alabama, Ph.D, 1968. Taught at the University of Alabama, 1961-1967; Old Dominion University, 1968-1969; University of Alabama in Birmingham, 1969-. Performed in theatres in Norfolk, Williamsburg, Tuscaloosa, and Birmingham. Directed plays in New York and El Paso. Contributed poetry to Contemporary Literature in Birmingham, an Anthology, Nit and Wit, Chicago’s Literary Arts Magazine, Comment, Folio, and College English. Received the Ellen Gregg Ingalls Award for Contributions to theatre; a Fulbright Teaching Fellowship to Italy.

Source:

Robert Lynn Penny, Birmingham.

Publication(s):

Birmingham Baja. Birmingham, Ala.; Thunder City Press, 1977.

Prologues to Home. Birmingham, Ala.; Thunder City Press, 1979.

Joint_Publication(s):

Nothing Silent. Birmingham, Ala.; s.l., 1980.