Frank X. Gaspar

Who is Frank X. Gaspar?

Frank Xavier Gaspar is an American poet, novelist and professor of Portuguese descent. A number of his books treat Potuguese-American themes or settings, particularly the Portuguese community in Provincetown, Massachusetts. His most recent novel is Stealing Fatima. His most recent collection of poems is Late Rapturous. His fourth collection of poetry, Night of a Thousand Blossoms was one of 12 books honored as the "Best Poetry of 2004" by Library Journal. Gaspar's books have won many awards. His first collection of poetry, The Holyoke, won the 1988 Morse Poetry Prize; Mass for the Grace of a Happy Death won the 1994 Anhinga Prize for Poetry; A Field Guide to the Heavens won the 1999 Brittingham Prize in Poetry