 Clatskanie
Mayor Diane Pohl |
| Clatskanie
Mayor Diane Pohl |
| In November of 2003, the Clatskanie Chamber of Commerce with the cooperation
of the building's owner, Phyllis Haas, installed a plaque on the outside
of the building, a picture and biography in the building's foyer, and the
Clatskanie Friends of the Library dedicated a sculpture in his honor in
the library park across the Lillich Street from the Clatskanie Library.
Raymond Carver Day Proclamation: Clatskanie Mayor Diane Pohl, with the approval of the city council, issued the following proclamation for Raymond Carver Day: Whereas, Raymond Carver became a famous creative writer and poet, and is credited with revitalizing the short story in American literature; and Whereas, despite his death in 1988, his reputation continues to grow, and his works are taught in colleges and universities around the world; and Whereas, the community wishes to celebrate our status as the birthplace of this internationally-renowned author by holding the first annual Raymond CarverWriting Festival; and... Whereas, Raymond Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon on May 25, 1938, at the Clatskanie Medical Clinic; and Whereas, Raymond Carver grew up and attended school in the Pacific Northwest; and Now, Therefore, I, Diane Pohl, Mayor
of the City of Clatskanie, do hereby proclaim: May 25, as RAYMOND
CARVER DAY and call upon our citizens to recognize Raymond Carver to inspire
people of all ages to write creatively.
Carver was the recipient of many writing awards including a Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts award, the Mildred and Harold Strauss Livings stipend, and was named to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He is credited as being a major force in the revitalization of the short story in American literature. The film, Short Cuts, directed by Robert Altman in 1993, is based on several of Carver's stories. |