John balaban biography

Biography.
John Balaban is the author of twelve books of poetry and prose, including four volumes which together have won The Academy of American Poets' Lamont prize.
Ioan "John" Balaban (13 April 1924 – 26 August 1953) was a Romanian-born serial killer who confessed to murdering five people in France and Australia.

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John Balaban

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John Balaban is the author of twelve books of poetry and prose, including four volumes which together have won The Academy of American Poets’ Lamont prize, a National Poetry Series Selection, and two nominations for the National Book Award. His Locusts at the Edge of Summer: New and Selected Poems won the 1998 William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America. He was a 2003 Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, and the 2001-2004 Phi Kappa Phi “National Artist.”

During the Vietnam War, on a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship in 1971-72, he traveled the countryside collecting on tape the oral poetry known as ca dao. His memoir, Remembering Heaven’s Face, was re-published by the University of Georgia Press after being out-of-print for many years. His translations of Vietnamese oral poetry were published in 2003 as Ca Dao Vietnam: A Bilingual Anthology of Vietnamese Folk Poetry (Copper Canyon Press). In 2000, Copper Canyon Press brought out his tri-glyphic Spring Essence:

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John Balaban (serial killer)

Romanian-born serial killer

Ioan "John" Balaban (13 April 1924 – 26 August 1953) was a Romanian-born serial killer who confessed to murdering five people in France and Australia. Balaban moved to Australia in 1951 and settled in Adelaide, South Australia, where he carried out four murders, including those of his wife, her son and mother. He was executed for his crimes at Adelaide Gaol in August 1953.

Biography

Early life

Ioan Balaban was born in April 1924 at Nădab, Arad County in western Romania.^[1] According to Balaban's later unsworn statement, his parents separated because of his father's cruelty; his father "used to drink excessively, and he hanged himself".^[2]

In 1944, Balaban began to read books on philosophy and "came to the conclusion there was no God". Despite his atheism, Balaban claimed God appeared to him on one occasion and told him to "do anything your conscience dictates and you will be happy".^[2] In May 1946, "after a fight with some Communists", he was detained in a mental h

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Balaban, John B. 1943–

PERSONAL:

Born December 2, 1943, in Philadelphia, PA; son of Phillip and Alice Balaban; married Lana Flanagan (a teacher), November 27, 1970; children: Tally (daughter). Education: Pennsylvania State University, B.A. (with highest honors), 1966; Harvard University, A.M., 1967.

ADDRESSES:

Office—North Carolina State University, Department of English, Tompkins Hall, Box 8105, Raleigh, NC 27695-8105. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, instructor, 1970-73, assistant professor, 1973-76, associate professor, 1976-82, professor of English 1982-92; University of Miami, Miami, FL, professor of English and director of Master of Fine Arts Program, beginning 1992; North Carolina State University, Raleigh, currently professor of English and poet in residence. Fulbright senior lecturer in Romania, 1976-77; Fulbright Distinguished Visiting Professor in Romania, 1978. Has given poetry readings at colleges and universities throughout the United States and abroad, as well as on radio programs. Member of board of