Author. He was an award-winning American author, who wrote on a variety of subjects including poetry and art. He was the husband of Anne Rice, the successful author of "Interview with a Vampire" and the father of Christopher Rice, also an author. The couple's daughter, Michele, died of leukemia in 1972 at 6 years old. After graduating from Richardson High School in 1960 with his wife, he attended North Texas State University before moving to Northern California. Following graduation from San Francisco State University with a Master's Degree in Creative Writing, he enjoyed a long teaching career and served as assistant director of the Poetry Center and later chairman of the Creative Writing department. He was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant, the Joseph Henry Jackson Award and the Edgar Allen Poe Award of the Academy of American Poets in 1977 for "Whiteboy". After teaching for 22 years, he retired in 1988. That same year they moved to New Orleans and devoted his life to writing poetry and painting. The couple purchased an old, narrow, two-story residence built in the Garden District of the city. Besides his paintings being exhibited in various museums, including the New Orleans Museum of Art, he had a one-man show a Vassar College. The Stan Rice Gallery was opened in 1999. He is the author of 7 published books of poetry and one book of his paintings by Knopf. "Red to the Rind" was published in the fall of 2002 before his death. "False Prophet" was his last collection of poems which was published posthumously in 2003. His other books include, "Radiance of Pigs" in 1999, "Fear Itself" in 1995, "Singing Yet" in 1992, "Body of Work" in 1983, "Whiteboy" in 1976, "Some Lamb" in 1975 and "Paintings" in 1997. After a four-month battle, he died of a brain tumor.
Author. He was an award-winning American author, who wrote on a variety of subjects including poetry and art. He was the husband of Anne Rice, the successful author of "Interview with a Vampire" and the father of Christopher Rice, also an author. The couple's daughter, Michele, died of leukemia in 1972 at 6 years old. After graduating from Richardson High School in 1960 with his wife, he attended North Texas State University before moving to Northern California. Following graduation from San Francisco State University with a Master's Degree in Creative Writing, he enjoyed a long teaching career and served as assistant director of the Poetry Center and later chairman of the Creative Writing department. He was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant, the Joseph Henry Jackson Award and the Edgar Allen Poe Award of the Academy of American Poets in 1977 for "Whiteboy". After teaching for 22 years, he retired in 1988. That same year they moved to New Orleans and devoted his life to writing poetry and painting. The couple purchased an old, narrow, two-story residence built in the Garden District of the city. Besides his paintings being exhibited in various museums, including the New Orleans Museum of Art, he had a one-man show a Vassar College. The Stan Rice Gallery was opened in 1999. He is the author of 7 published books of poetry and one book of his paintings by Knopf. "Red to the Rind" was published in the fall of 2002 before his death. "False Prophet" was his last collection of poems which was published posthumously in 2003. His other books include, "Radiance of Pigs" in 1999, "Fear Itself" in 1995, "Singing Yet" in 1992, "Body of Work" in 1983, "Whiteboy" in 1976, "Some Lamb" in 1975 and "Paintings" in 1997. After a four-month battle, he died of a brain tumor.
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