PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 15 (2005) Winner
Aldon Lynn Nielsen
オルドン・リン・ニールセン
Aldon Lynn Nielsen
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1950 （Grand Island, Nebraska）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- District of Columbia → California
Career
- Occupations
- poet, literary critic, university professor
- Active Years
- 1980-2024
- Affiliations
- Howard University, San Jose State University, University of California, Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University, Pennsylvania State University
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal City College | — | Department of Literature | — | — | United States |
| George Washington University | — | Department of English | Ph.D. | — | United States |
Federal City College
Department of Literature
Country:
United States
George Washington University
Department of English
Degree:
Ph.D.
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Larry Neal Award | poetry | poetry | — | 受賞 |
| — | Gertrude Stein Award | innovation | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | SAMLA Studies Prize | Reading Race | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Myers Citation | Reading Race | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Kayden Award | Reading Race | humanities | — | 受賞 |
| — | Josephine Miles Award | Integral Music: Languages of African American Innovation | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | American Book Award | Don't Deny My Name: Words and Music and the Black Intellectual Tradition | — | Before Columbus Foundation | 受賞 |
| — | Darwin Turner Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Larry Neal Award
Work:
poetry
Category:
poetry
Result:
受賞
Gertrude Stein Award
Work:
innovation
Result:
受賞
SAMLA Studies Prize
Work:
Reading Race
Result:
受賞
Myers Citation
Work:
Reading Race
Result:
受賞
Kayden Award
Work:
Reading Race
Category:
humanities
Result:
受賞
Josephine Miles Award
Work:
Integral Music: Languages of African American Innovation
Result:
受賞
American Book Award
Work:
Don't Deny My Name: Words and Music and the Black Intellectual Tradition
Organization:
Before Columbus Foundation
Result:
受賞
Darwin Turner Award
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Stepping Razor
1997 poetryA poetry collection.
VEXT
1999 poetryA poetry collection.
Reading Race: White American Poets and the Racial Discourse in the Twentieth Century
1990 criticismCriticism on white American poets and racial discourse in the 20th century.
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Black Chant: Languages of African American Postmodernism
1997 criticismLanguages of African American postmodernism.
Bibliography
- Heat Strings
- Evacuation Routes
- Stepping Razor
- VEXT
- Mixage
- Mantic Semantic
- A Brand New Beggar
- Tray
- You Didn't Hear This from Me
- Back Pages: Selected Poems
- Spider Cone
- Reading Race: White American Poets and the Racial Discourse in the Twentieth Century
- Black Chant: Languages of African American Postmodernism
- C.L.R. James: A Critical Introduction
- Don't Deny My Name: Words and Music and the Black Intellectual Tradition
- Reading Race in American Poetry: An Area of Act
- Writing between the Lines
- Integral Music: Languages of African American Innovation
- The Inside Songs of Amiri Baraka
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- innovative poetry
- Recurring Motifs
- African American culturerace
Legacy
Known as a poet and critic exploring innovations in African American literature and language.
Trivia
- Loves to wear hats and owns several.
- Owns several tablets.