Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 30 (2015) Winner
Aracelis Girmay
アラセリス・ギルメイ
Aracelis Girmay
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1977-12-10 （Santa Ana, California）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Santa Ana, California
Career
- Occupations
- poet, teacher, editor, professor
- Active Years
- 2005-2024
- Affiliations
- Stanford University, Hampshire College
- Memberships
- Cave Canem Fellow
- Influenced By
- Elizabeth Alexander, Derek Walcott, Kamau Brathwaite
- Nominations
- National Book Critics Circle Award finalist (Kingdom Animalia, 2011), Hurston/Wright Legacy Award finalist (Kingdom Animalia, 2011), Neustadt International Prize for Literature finalist (2018)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut College | — | Documentary Studies | BA | — | United States |
| New York University | — | Creative Writing | MFA | — | United States |
Connecticut College
Documentary Studies
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
minor in Hispanic Studies, CISLA Certificate
New York University
Creative Writing
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
Studied with Elizabeth Alexander, Derek Walcott, etc.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award | Teeth | poetry | Great Lakes Colleges Association | winner |
| 2015 | Whiting Award | — | poetry | — | winner |
| 2016 | Bess Hokin Prize | — | — | Prairie Schooner | winner |
| 2018 | Lucille Clifton Legacy Award | — | — | — | winner |
| 2019 | Metcalf Award | — | poetry | American Academy of Arts and Letters | winner |
Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award
2009
Work:
Teeth
Category:
poetry
Organization:
Great Lakes Colleges Association
Result:
winner
Whiting Award
2015
Category:
poetry
Result:
winner
Bess Hokin Prize
2016
Organization:
Prairie Schooner
Result:
winner
Lucille Clifton Legacy Award
2018
Result:
winner
Metcalf Award
2019
Category:
poetry
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Teeth
2007 PoetryPoetry collection.
Kingdom Animalia
2011 PoetryPoetry collection. Winner of Isabella Gardner Award.
the black maria
2016 PoetryPoetry collection.
Bibliography
- Teeth (2007)
- Changing, Changing (2005)
- Kingdom Animalia (2011)
- the black maria (2016)
- What Do You Know? (2021)
- So We Can Know (2023, editor)
- and was a flower (2023)
- Kamau and ZuZu Find a Way (2024)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyricalimage-thick
Legacy
Prominent contemporary American poet. Finalist for Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
Trivia
- Mother of Puerto Rican, African American, and Mexican descent. Father of Tigrinya people from Eritrea highlands. Native name: ወይኒ ግርማይ