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Anna Moschovakis

アンナ・モスコヴァキス

Anna Moschovakis

Profile

Gender
Female
Nationality
United States, Greece
Languages
English, Greek, French
Residence History
Grew up splitting time between the U.S. and Greece → Lives in South Kortright, New York (current)

Career

Occupations
Poet, Novelist, Translator, Academic (faculty)
Active Years
2001-
Affiliations
Bard College (faculty), Pratt Institute (adjunct associate professor), Bushel Collective (founding member), Ugly Duckling Presse (publishing collective, founding member)
Memberships
Bushel Collective, Ugly Duckling Presse

Education

University of California, Berkeley
Philosophy
Degree: BA
Country: United States
BA in Philosophy
Bard College — Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts
Degree: MFA
Country: United States
MFA from the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts
CUNY Graduate Center
Comparative Literature (French and American)
Degree: MA
Country: United States
MA in Comparative Literature

Awards

James Laughlin Award
2011
Work: You and Three Others Are Approaching a Lake
Category: 詩
Organization: Academy of American Poets
Result: 受賞
International Booker Prize
2021
Work: Translation of 'At Night All Blood Is Black' (shared)
Category: 翻訳部門
Organization: The Booker Prizes
Result: 受賞（David Diop と共に）
Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Fiction)
2020
Work: Eleanor, or, The Rejection of the Progress of Love
Category: フィクション
Organization: Los Angeles Times
Result: 受賞
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
2009
Organization: New York Foundation for the Arts
Result: フェロー
Edward F. Albee Foundation Fellowship
2001
Organization: The Edward F. Albee Foundation
Result: フェロー
Howard Fellowship (Howard Foundation)
2015
Organization: Brown University — Howard Foundation
Result: フェロー

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

I Have Not Been Able to Get Through to Everyone

2006 Poetry

An early collection of poems exploring fragments of language and intersections of personal and public memory.

memorylanguagefragmentation

You and Three Others Are Approaching a Lake

2011 Poetry

A collection that uses overlapping perspectives and multiple voices to probe marginal situations and modes of being. Winner of the James Laughlin Award.

othernessperspectiveboundaries

They and We Will Get Into Trouble for This

2016 Poetry

A poetry collection themed around social relations, responsibility, and clashes of voice within community.

communityresponsibilitydialogue

Eleanor, or, The Rejection of the Progress of Love

2018 Novel

A novel employing distinctive narration and structure, unfolding from a perspective that rejects the assumed progression of love and relationships.

loverelationshipsnarrative experimentation

Participation

2022 Novel

An experimental novel about participation, collectivity, and the interplay of voices.

collectivityvoicepolitics

Bibliography

  • I Have Not Been Able to Get Through to Everyone (2006)
  • You and Three Others Are Approaching a Lake (2011)
  • They and We Will Get Into Trouble for This (2016)
  • Eleanor, or, The Rejection of the Progress of Love (2018)
  • Participation (2022)
  • Translation: The Engagement (Georges Simenon, 2007)
  • Translation: The Possession (Annie Ernaux, 2008)
  • Translation: The Jokers (Albert Cossery, 2010)
  • Translation: Commentary (Marcelle Sauvageot, 2013, with Christine Schwartz Hartley)
  • Translation: Bresson on Bresson (2017)
  • Translation: At Night All Blood Is Black (David Diop, translation 2020)

Translations by Author

  • The Engagement (Georges Simenon, 2007)
  • The Possession (Annie Ernaux, 2008)
  • The Jokers (Albert Cossery, 2010)
  • Commentary (Marcelle Sauvageot, 2013, with Christine Schwartz Hartley)
  • Bresson on Bresson (2017)
  • At Night All Blood Is Black (David Diop, translation 2020)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
experimental and avant-garde narrationfragmented, polyvocal structurespoetic and precise linguistic sensibility
Recurring Motifs
otherness and collectivityvoice and narrationmemory and borders

Legacy

Moschovakis has made significant contributions to contemporary experimental literature in the English-speaking world as a poet, novelist, and translator. Her translation work has received international recognition, including a shared International Booker Prize.

Trivia

  • Born to an American mother and a Greek father; grew up splitting time between the U.S. and Greece.
  • Involved in founding Ugly Duckling Presse and the Bushel Collective.
  • Personal website: http://badutopian.com/