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Clinton F. Larson

Clinton Larson
  • 75 Significant Mormon Poets
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LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Work found on page 92 of the Spring 1967 issue of .
1919-09-22
American Fork, Utah
1994-07-19
BA and MA from the University of Utah, PhD in English from the University of Denver
Clinton F. Larson was a professor of English and Poet-in-Residence at Brigham Young University, where he taught creative writing. Larson, a prolific and award-winning writer, was known to audiences for such plays as Snow White and the Mirror, The Mantle of the Prophet, Mary of Nazareth, and The Prophet. He has published numerous works of poetry including The Lord of Experience (1967) and Counterpoint (1973). He is known in many Mormon homes for his text, prepared for Promised Land Publications, Illustrated Stories from the Book of Mormon. He retired in 1985.
He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II.
Male
Author, Editor, Interviewee, Translator
English

75 Works by Clinton F. Larson

Title Role Year Genre
Centennial Portraits Author 1979 Poetry
Counterpoint Author 1973 Poetry
Modern Poetry of Western America Editor 1975 Poetry
Crematorium Author Poetry
An English Graveyard Author Poetry
Camp Floyd Centennial Author Poetry
The Nineteenth Century: An Indiscretion Author 1969 Poetry
The New Zion Author 1979 Poetry
Homestead in Idaho Author 1967 Poetry
Crucifixion in Judea Author 1968 Poetry
A Letter from Israel Whiton, 1851 Author 1969 Poetry
The Mantle of the Prophet and Other Plays Author 1966 Drama
Theoremes Spirituels Translator Poetry
The Mantle of the Prophet Author Drama
The Brother of Jared Author Drama
Mary of Nazareth Author Drama
Third Nephi Author Drama
Saul of Tarsus Author Drama
The Western World Author 1978 Poetry
The Princes of God Author 1972 Poetry
The Coming of Winter Author Poetry
Deputy's Report Author Poetry
Autumnal Author Poetry
Columbia River Author Poetry
War Veteran at a Clinic Author Poetry
Rue the Scholar Author Poetry
Night Watch (title only) Author Poetry
Earth and Sky: A Dialogue Between Two Poets Author
A Vision of Words Author Personal Essay
The Unified Field Author Poetry
Waiting for a Soldier, 1917 Author Poetry
Alpha and Omega at the End Author Poetry
The Prophet Author Poetry
The Civil War Poems Author Poetry
Selected Poems of Cinton F. Larson Author 1988 Poetry
First Grader Author Poetry
Sunwind Author
The Twentieth Maine Regiment at Gettysburg Author Poetry
Coriantumr and Moroni Author 1962 Drama
Illustrated Stories from the Book of Mormon Author 1965 Scripture
The Prophet Author 1971
A Book of Poems Author 1973 Poetry
A Conversation With Clinton F. Larson Interviewee Interview / Panel
Lovers at Twilight Author Poetry
Advent Author Poetry
To a Dying Girl Author Poetry
Jesse Author Poetry
Arab Insurrection: A Memoir Author Poetry
The Death of Ramses II Author Poetry
The Witness Author Poetry
Granddaughter Author Poetry
Black Hole Author Poetry
Earthsend Plaque Author Poetry
Unicorn Author Poetry
The Conversions of God Author Poetry
The City of Joseph, 1980 Author 1984 Poetry
Guy Coleman of Midway Author Poetry
The Lord of Experience Author 1967 Poetry
The Egyptian Poems Author Poetry
Creator Author Poetry
Romaunt of the Rose Author Poetry
Nuclear Winter Author Poetry
Autumn Leaves Author Poetry
Clinton Larson on Science Poetry Interviewee Interview / Panel
Spectral Author Poetry
The Works of Clinton F. Larson Author 1985
Bronze Rubbing Author Poetry
Leaving Sunday School Author Poetry
Lincoln Author Poetry
Lower Campus Author Poetry
Nauvoo Author Poetry
Request Author Poetry
Sleep Author 1971 Poetry
The Savior in Gethsemane Author Poetry
The Orchid Grower Author 2005 Poetry
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