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In addition to these accomplishments, Veach is the author of\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EElephant Water\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;as well as the recipient of the 2013 Georgia Author of the Year Award. His contributions to the study of poetry include\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EBeowulf \u0026amp; Beyond\u003C\/em\u003E, a translation of Anglo-Saxon poems, stories, spells, and riddles as well as\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EBeowulf\u2019s Barrow\u003C\/em\u003E, a historical novel that occurs after the burial of the eponymous hero.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVeach presented his contribution to the \u003Cem\u003EAtlanta Review\u003C\/em\u003E to Head as well as to Academic Professional and new managing editor of the journal J.C. Reilly and Richard Utz, professor and chair of the School of Literature, Media, and Communication. With the establishment of the fund, Veach\u2019s contribution marks the turning of a new page for the \u003Cem\u003EAtlanta Review\u003C\/em\u003E and the study of international poetry.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELocal Writer and Poetry Scholar Dan Veach makes first contribution to fund for the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EAtlantic Review\u003C\/em\u003E, a Georgia Tech publication.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Dan Veach is first donor to newly-established fund for scholarly journal \u0027The Atlantic Review\u0027"}],"uid":"32716","created_gmt":"2016-06-06 10:54:36","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:49","author":"Hayden Russell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-06-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-06-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"542051":{"id":"542051","type":"image","title":"Veach Contribution","body":null,"created":"1465333200","gmt_created":"2016-06-07 21:00:00","changed":"1475895331","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:31","alt":"Veach Contribution","file":{"fid":"90673","name":"atlantareviewveach.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/atlantareviewveach.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/atlantareviewveach.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1957558,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/atlantareviewveach.jpg?itok=hC9j-U3N"}},"542101":{"id":"542101","type":"image","title":"Karen Head, Editor of \u0022Atlanta Review\u0027","body":null,"created":"1465333200","gmt_created":"2016-06-07 21:00:00","changed":"1475895329","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:29","alt":"Karen Head, Editor of \u0022Atlanta Review\u0027","file":{"fid":"90677","name":"img_9972.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_9972.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_9972.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1959602,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/img_9972.jpg?itok=kPGdv-Vb"}},"542111":{"id":"542111","type":"image","title":"J.C. 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