Edgar Biamonte
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Edgar L. Biamonte received his B.A. in English from Queens College, Flushing, New York, in 1961 and his M.S. in Education from Elmira College Graduate School, Elmira, New York, in 1968. He taught English for twenty-four years in Elmira, including poetry and creative writing from 1962 to 1985. He completed four novels, a collection of stories and Window to Eternity, a life/death book which Ashley Books published in 1984. He has written over three hundred poems. Over one hundred were published between 1968 and 1986. Many won or placed in various contests. He is also an accomplished jazz pianist (still playing professionally) and composer.
Winning Entry: Blood Behind the First Company Reunion
Contest Won: War Poetry Contest 2005, Finalist