Richard Henry Wilde Dillard (October 11, 1937 – April 4, 2023) was an American poet, author, critic, and translator.
[2] He is also highly regarded as a writer of fiction and critical essays, as well as one of the screenwriters for the cult classic Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster.
[2] He is considered something of an institution at Hollins University where he has been teaching creative writing, literature, and film studies since 1964.
[2] Dillard was the winner of numerous awards for his writing including the Academy of American Poets Prize, the O.
Others include Henry S. Taylor, Lee Smith, Lucinda MacKethan, Anne Jones, Rosanne Coggeshall, Wyn Cooper, Jill McCorkle, Madison Smartt Bell, and Julia Johnson.