Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
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Edition 28 (2020) Winner
Ariana Reines
アリアナ・レインズ
Ariana Reines
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1982-10-24 （Salem, Massachusetts, U.S.）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Salem, Massachusetts, U.S. → New York City, U.S.
Career
- Occupations
- poet, playwright, performance artist, translator, educator
- Active Years
- 2004-
- Influenced By
- Gertrude Stein, Charles Baudelaire, Marguerite Duras, Paul Celan
- Nominations
- National Book Award longlist (A Sand Book, 2019)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnard College | Arts | English Literature and French | B.A. (summa cum laude) | 1998-2002 | United States |
| Columbia University (graduate work) | — | Literature, performance, and philosophy (graduate study) | — | — | United States |
| European Graduate School | — | Literature, performance, and philosophy (graduate study) | — | — | Switzerland (institutional base) |
Barnard College
Arts
/ English Literature and French
Degree:
B.A. (summa cum laude)
Period:
1998-2002
Year of Graduation:
2002
Country:
United States
Graduated summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa
Columbia University (graduate work)
Literature, performance, and philosophy (graduate study)
Country:
United States
Graduate work completed; specific degree information unclear
European Graduate School
Literature, performance, and philosophy (graduate study)
Country:
Switzerland (institutional base)
Participated in graduate-level study
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Alberta Prize | The Cow | — | Fence Books | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Obie Award | Telephone (play) | — | The Village Voice (Obie Awards) | 受賞（作品が受賞） |
| 2020 | Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award | A Sand Book | — | Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Phi Beta Kappa | — | — | Phi Beta Kappa Society | 選出 / 栄誉 |
| 2019 | National Book Award (longlist) | A Sand Book | — | National Book Foundation | ロングリスト（候補） |
Alberta Prize
2006
Work:
The Cow
Organization:
Fence Books
Result:
受賞
Obie Award
2009
Work:
Telephone (play)
Organization:
The Village Voice (Obie Awards)
Result:
受賞（作品が受賞）
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
2020
Work:
A Sand Book
Organization:
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
Result:
受賞
Phi Beta Kappa
2002
Organization:
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Result:
選出 / 栄誉
National Book Award (longlist)
2019
Work:
A Sand Book
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
ロングリスト（候補）
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Cow
2006 poetryAddresses abjection, filth, and disgust framed by excerpted texts (including a guide to bovine carcass disposal and the Bible); an experimental poetry collection that appropriates and fragments other texts.
abjectionfilthintertextualitydialogue with modernism
Coeur de Lion
2007 long poem / lyricA book-length poem addressed to an elusive 'you'—reflecting on YouTube, advertising, and the unraveling of a love affair between narrator and addressee.
self and othermedia and advertising culturebreakdown of love
Mercury
2011 poetryConsists of intermeshed long poems; five sections begin with alchemical symbols, using transmutation as an analogy for personal purification and esoteric quest.
alchemical symbolismpurificationesoteric exploration
A Sand Book
2019 poetryA psychedelic meditation on climate change, violence, peacocks, Paul Celan, surveillance, the sun, the occult, Judaism, time travel, and the dissolution of language; consists of twelve sections ending with 'Mosaic', a transmission from the sun.
climate changeviolencereligion and occultdissolution of language
Telephone
2009 play / theatreA three-part play based on Avital Ronell's The Telephone Book, recreating the first phone call (Bell and Watson), centring on Ms. St. (a Jungian patient who believed she had a telephone inside her), and bringing characters together; staged at Cherry Lane Theatre in 2009 and received two Obie Awards.
technology and psychelanguage and voiceboundaries of madness and sanity
Adaptations
- [stage] Telephone (Cherry Lane Theatre production) / Ken Rus Schmoll (2009)
Bibliography
- The Cow — 2006
- Coeur de Lion — 2007
- Mercury — 2011
- Thursday — 2012
- Beyond Relief (with Celina Su) — 2013
- The Origin Of The World — 2014
- Ramayana — 2015
- Tiffany's Poems — 2015
- A Sand Book — 2019
- Telephone — 2009 (play)
Adaptations
- Telephone — Cherry Lane Theatre production (2009)
- Miss St.'s Hieroglyphic Suffering — Guggenheim Museum Works & Process (2009, excerpt)
Translations by Author
- The Little Black Book of Grisélidis Réal: Days and Nights of an Anarchist Whore (translation of Jean-luc Henning)
- My Heart Laid Bare (translation of Charles Baudelaire)
- Preliminary Materials for a Theory of the Young-Girl (translation of Tiqqun)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- experimental, avant-garde poetryappropriation and textual fragmentation (intertextuality)layered compositions with modernist references
- Recurring Motifs
- search for the sacredcorporeal abjectionalchemical/esoteric imagerydissolution and regeneration of language
Legacy
Recognized as one of the crucial voices of her generation; known for experimental work spanning poetry and performance, and for bold themes around the sacred, language, and the body. Influential for younger poets and recipient/nominee of major literary honors.
Academic Societies
- Phi Beta Kappa
Quotes
-
She is one of the crucial voices of her generation.
Source: Michael Silberblatt, KCRW Bookworm -
The subject matter of my work is bearing witness to the search for the sacred in the 21st century.
Source: Ariana Reines (personal statement)
Trivia
- In 2009 she served as the youngest Roberta C. Holloway Lecturer in Poetry at UC Berkeley.
- Participated in the 2014 Whitney Biennial as part of Semiotext(e).
- Served as a translator on a UN mission to Haiti in 2010.
- Led a vision quest in New Mexico in 2012.