Conrad Hilberry
Conrad Hilberry was an American poet.Biography
Hilberry went to Oberlin College for his undergraduate Bachelor of Arts, and continued his studies with a Master of Arts and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was editor of the literary magazine Passages North and co-editor of the anthology Contemporary Michigan Poetry: Poems from the Third Coast.
He was a professor of English at Kalamazoo College from 1962 to 1998. Hilberry's literary works have been recognized and highlighted at Michigan State University in their Michigan Writers Series. Hilberry is the author of nine books of poetry. Hilberry is also the author of Luke Karamazov, a nonfiction first person narrative of two sociopaths. He died at the age of 88 on January 11, 2017 in Kalamazoo from complications of cancer and pneumonia.
