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Ann Victoria Christie

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Ann Victoria Christie

Aliases: A. V. Christie
Pen Names: A. V. Christie（Pen name used for publication and poetry）

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1963-02-02 （Redwood City, California, U.S.）
Died
2016-04-07 （West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.） age 53
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Redwood City, California → San Francisco Bay Area, California → Montana, U.S. → British Columbia, Canada → West Chester, Pennsylvania

Career

Occupations
Poet, Visiting writer
Active Years
1990-2016
Affiliations
Villanova University, La Salle University, Bryn Mawr College, Goucher College, University of Maryland, College Park, Penn State Abington

Education

Vassar College
Degree: AB
Country: United States
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Degree: MFA
Country: United States
Master of Fine Arts (creative writing degree)

Awards

National Poetry Series
1997
Work: Nine Skies
Organization: National Poetry Series
Result: 受賞
Robert McGovern Publication Prize
2004
Work: The Housing
Organization: Ashland Poetry Press
Result: 共受賞
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Organization: National Endowment for the Arts
Result: フェローシップ
Maryland State Arts Council Fellowship
Organization: Maryland State Arts Council
Result: フェローシップ
Pennsylvania State Arts Council Fellowship
Organization: Pennsylvania State Arts Council
Result: フェローシップ
Ludwig Vogelstein Fellowship
Organization: Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation
Result: フェローシップ

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Nine Skies

1997 Poetry

Her early collection characterized by concentrated imagery and rigorous observation.

solitudememorylandscape

The Housing

2004 Poetry

A collection that explores the relationship between self and place through images of housing and domestic space.

homeplacedomestic landscape

The Wonders

2014 Poetry (chapbook)

A chapbook-length poem that invokes and respects strangeness, making the familiar feel uncanny.

strangenesstransformation of the everydayotherness

And I Began to Entertain Doubts

2016 Poetry (chapbook)

A short chapbook published near the end of her life, containing poems of doubt and introspection.

doubtintrospectionending

Bibliography

  • Nine Skies
  • The Housing
  • The Wonders
  • And I Began to Entertain Doubts
  • Contributions and anthology appearances (e.g. The New American Poets)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
concise metaphorsmeasured observationtense, economical language
Recurring Motifs
strangenesslandscapehome/domesticity

Health

  • breast cancer
    2015–2016
    Died following a battle with the disease in 2016; it affected her late creative output and publications.

Legacy

A. V. Christie was recognized in contemporary American poetry for her concentrated imagery and distinctive sense of strangeness, gaining wider recognition through the National Poetry Series and other honors. She contributed to literary journals and served as a visiting writer at regional colleges, mentoring younger writers.

Quotes

  • "hard-bitten, luxuriant and true"
    Source: Henri Cole (comment on Nine Skies) (1997)
  • "diamond-faceted, elliptical"
    Source: Eleanor Wilner (comment on Nine Skies) (1997)
  • "her poems invoke and respect strangeness and make strangeness feel near"
    Source: W.S. DiPiero (comment on The Wonders) (2014)

Trivia

  • Her full name was Ann Victoria Christie.
  • Won the National Poetry Series in 1997 for Nine Skies.
  • Died of breast cancer in 2016.