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April Bernard

エイプリル・バーナード

Eipuriru Bānādo

Aliases: April Anne Bernard

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1956 （Williamstown, Massachusetts (New England)）
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Williamstown, Massachusetts → Saratoga Springs, New York

Career

Occupations
Poet, Novelist, Editor, Professor
Active Years
1989-2023
Affiliations
Skidmore College, Bennington College, Amherst College
Memberships
Phi Beta Kappa

Education

Mt. Greylock Regional High School
General
Period: ~1974
Year of Graduation: 1974
Country: United States
Harvard University
Faculty of Arts and Sciences / History and Literature
Degree: BA magna cum laude
Period: 1974-1978
Year of Graduation: 1978
Country: United States
Recipient of Sonier Thesis Prize, Untermeyer Poetry Prize, Roger Conant Hatch Prize
Yale University
Degree: MA
Period: ~1981
Year of Graduation: 1981
Country: United States

Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship
2003
Category: 詩
Organization: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result: 受賞
Stover Memorial Prize in Poetry
2006
Category: 詩
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Blackbird Bye Bye

1989 Poetry

Psalms

1995 Poetry

Swan Electric

2002 Poetry

Romanticism

2009 Poetry

Brawl & Jag

2016 Poetry

The World Behind the World

2023 Poetry

Pirate Jenny

1990 Novel

Miss Fuller

2012 Novel

Legacy

Known as a contemporary American poet and novelist, with several poetry collections and novels published. Teaches creative writing at university.