Leo Connellan, a Maine native, his subject matter rooted in the harsh reality of that Maine society. He is not the poet of the middle class, Chamber of Commerce or the literary academy. He is the “real Maine” poet of modern America.
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Connellan published 12 books, among them Death in Lobsterland and Clear Blue Lobster-Water Country.
After life as a working person, Leo Connellan received long overdue recognition and became the Connecticut Poet Laureate and Poet-In-Residence at Eastern Connecticut State University. He also received the Shelley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America.