The Resume

(February 2, 1923-January 19, 1997)
Born in Atlanta, Georgia
Poetry Consultant to the Library of Congress (1966-68)
Wrote the poetry collections 'Into Stone' (1960), 'Drowning with Others' (1962), 'Buckdancer's Choice' (1965), 'The Eye-Beaters' (1970), 'Zodiac' (1976), 'Scion' (1980), 'Puella' (1982) and 'The Central Motion' (1983)
Wrote the novel 'Deliverance' (1970)
Wrote the screenplay and made a cameo as a sheriff for the film version of 'Deliverance' (1972)

Why he might be annoying:

He said his first literary effort was 'writing erotic love letters to girls back in Atlanta and Montgomery.'
He worked as an advertising copywriter, which he described as 'selling my soul to the devil all day.'
He was a womanizing alcoholic.
Two months after his wife died, he married one of his former students.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was a pilot with the Army in World War II and the Air Force during the Korean War.
He excelled at archery.
He read a poem at the inauguration of Jimmy Carter.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 20th Century Poets
• Authors Who Make Cameos in Their Book’s Movie
• Born on Groundhog's Day [February 2] (Ranked: 1923)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 17]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [February] (Ranked: 2021923)
• Copywriters
• Dicks and Johnsons
• I Attended Choate Rosemary Hall [Connecticut]
• I Attended Clemson University
• I Attended Vanderbilt
• I Died in 1997 (Ranked: 73)
• I Married in 1976
• I Was Hot For My Student
• Look at My Guitar
• Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century [1998] (Ranked: 42)
• People with Tom, Dick or Harry in their Names
• Playboy Interview Subjects [1970s] (Ranked: 1973)
• Poets
• Profiles 24751-25000 (Ranked: 24794)
• Served in the Korean War
• Served in World War II
• Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Novels [Authors]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 57 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 41 Votes: 65.85% Annoying