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UCSB Press Release: Alan Stephens, Renowned Poet and Scholar, Dies in Santa Barbara |
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 Alan Archer Stephens, 83, a renowned poet and founding faculty member of UC Santa Barbara's College of Creative Studies (CCS), died July 21 after a long illness, according to an announcement from his family.
Stephens, an emeritus professor who began teaching at UCSB in 1959, directed the literature program in the College of Creative Studies from 1967 until his retirement from the university in 1989. During that time, he influenced hundreds of the most promising literary talents on the campus.
Stephens was the author of several volumes of poetry, including "The Sum," "Between Matter and Principle," "The Heat Lightning," "Tree Meditation and Others," "White River Poems," "In Plain Air: Selected Poems," "Stubble Burning," "Goodbye Matilija," "The White Boat," and "Away From the Road." His work is also featured in a variety of poetry anthologies, such as "A Western Sampler: Nine Contemporary Poets," and "Three Dimensions of Poetry."
"Alan Stephens was a widely recognized poet of the American west, whose words evoked ‘a clear, dry-air vision of the ordinary,' " said Bruce Tiffney, dean of the College of Creative Studies. "He was also a reverentially remembered instructor in CCS and in the Department of English. Fortunately, his many students had the opportunity to celebrate his influence and his life at a special event held in his honor in March 2006. While he is gone, his spirit will live on in the words and imaginations of those whom he taught, and who in turn will inspire generations into the future."
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