About Hayden Carruth
Hayden Carruth was an American poet, literary critic and anthologist. He taught at Syracuse University. He was awarded a Guggenheim and the NEA fellowships. In 1992 he was awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for his Collected Shorter Poems and in 1996 the National Book Award in poetry for his Scrambled Eggs and Whiskey. Shortly after the debut of Scrambled Eggs and Whiskey, he also won the $50,000 Lannan Literary Award. Carruth wrote more than 30 books of poetry, four books of literary criticism, essays, a novel and two poetry anthologies.
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