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'''David B. Axelrod''' (born July 29, 1943) is a [[Daytona Beach, Florida]]-based [[poet]] and author. Axelrod won several awards and honors, including the Florida Book Award gold medal.<ref name="FHC2015p24">''FHC Forum'' Summer 2015, [http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e504bfaf#/e504bfaf/27 p. 24]</ref><ref name="FDS2015">Florida Department of State, 2015</ref> He was appointed [[Volusia County]] Poet Laureate for the period 2015–2019.<ref name="PEN">PEN America</ref>

==Early life and education==
Axelrod was born in [[Beverly, Massachusetts]], where he lived until his college years. He earned a [[Bachelor of Arts]] from the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]] in 1965, a [[Master of Arts]] degree from the [[Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars]] in 1966, an M.F.A. from the [[Iowa Writers' Workshop]] in 1967, and his Ph. D. in not-for-profit program design and administration<ref>http://www.creativehappiness.org/faq/</ref> from the Union Graduate School [[Union Institute]] in 1977.

==Awards and honors==
In honor of his book ANOTHER WAY: Poems Derived from the [[Tao Te Ching]], Axelrod was made a representative of the Wu Dang Temple’s American branch, DaoUSA. From April 2007 through May 2009, he was selected to serve as [[Suffolk County, New York]]'s [[Poet Laureate]].

In the summer of 2009, he received the Hopkins' Society Award for his work with young authors from the [[Gerard Manley Hopkins Society]] at [[Newbridge College]].

He has received three [[Fulbright Award]]s and he is the first Fulbright Award recipient to win back-to-back awards in two separate areas—serving first as Poet-in-Residence in Yugoslavia in 1989, and then Professor of American Literature at the University of Skopia in Macedonia from 1989-1990. He also served as America's representative at the [[Struga Poetry Evenings]] where he was awarded their 1989 poetry prize. He received a third Fulbright Award, as the first official Poet-in-Residence appointed in the People’s Republic of China in 1993.

Axelrod was appointed Volusia County Poet Laureate for the period 2015–2019.<ref name="PEN" />

In 2015 Axelrod won, together with co-authors Lenny Schneir and Carol Thomas, the 2014 Florida Book Award gold medal in the General Nonfiction category, for ''Merlin Stone Remembered''.<ref name="FHC2015p24" /><ref name="FDS2015" />

==References==
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==Sources==
*[http://floridabookawards.lib.fsu.edu/winners/all.html "Congratulations to our 2014 Florida Book Awards Winners!"] at [http://floridabookawards.lib.fsu.edu Florida Book Awards website]
*[[Florida Department of State]]. [http://dos.myflorida.com/communications/press-releases/2015/secretary-detzner-honors-florida-heritage-award-winners/ "Secretary Detzner Honors Florida Heritage Award Winners" (press release #850.245.6471)] March 11, 2015.
*[[Florida Humanities Council]]. [http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e504bfaf#/e504bfaf/1 ''Forum: The Magazine of the Florida Humanities Council'' (''FHC Forum'')] Vol. XXXIX No. 2, Summer 2015
*[http://www.pw.org/content/david_b_axelrod_2 Directory of American Poets and Writers]
*[https://www.pen.org/david-axelrod?member= "David B. Axelrod"] at [[PEN America]] website

==External links==
*[http://litmed.med.nyu.edu/People?action=view&id=2348 Annotated Works]
*[http://www.thebestpoetry.com David B. Axelrod, collected poems]
*[http://www.poetrydoctor.org/cv/ Poetry Doctor Curriculum Vita]

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