Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 39 (2024) Winner
Charif Shanahan
チャリフ・シャナハン
Charif Shanahan
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1983 （the Bronx）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Bronx, New York City → United Kingdom → Morocco → Italy → Switzerland → Evanston, Illinois
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Translator, Educator, Editor
- Active Years
- 2017-2024
- Affiliations
- Northwestern University, Stanford University
- Memberships
- Cave Canem Foundation Fellowship, Wallace Stegner Fellowship
- Influenced By
- Sharon Olds, Yusef Komunyakaa, Allison Joseph
- Nominations
- National Book Award for Poetry Longlist 2023 (Trace Evidence), Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry Finalist 2018 (Into Each Room We Enter without Knowing), Thom Gunn Award Finalist 2018 (Into Each Room We Enter without Knowing)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton University | null | Comparative Literature and Creative Writing | AB | — | United States |
| Dartmouth College | null | Comparative Literature and Literary Translation | AM | — | United States |
| New York University | — | Graduate Creative Writing Program, Poetry | MFA | — | United States |
Princeton University
null
/ Comparative Literature and Creative Writing
Degree:
AB
Country:
United States
Dartmouth College
null
/ Comparative Literature and Literary Translation
Degree:
AM
Country:
United States
New York University
Graduate Creative Writing Program, Poetry
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
Studied with Sharon Olds and Yusef Komunyakaa
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | winner |
| 2024 | Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry | Trace Evidence | Gay Poetry | Lambda Literary | winner |
| 2024 | Thom Gunn Award | Trace Evidence | — | Publishing Triangle | winner |
| 2024 | National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry | Trace Evidence | Poetry | National Book Critics Circle | finalist |
| 2017 | Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award | Into Each Room We Enter without Knowing | First Book | Southern Illinois University Press | winner |
Whiting Award
2024
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
winner
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry
2024
Work:
Trace Evidence
Category:
Gay Poetry
Organization:
Lambda Literary
Result:
winner
Thom Gunn Award
2024
Work:
Trace Evidence
Organization:
Publishing Triangle
Result:
winner
National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry
2024
Work:
Trace Evidence
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
finalist
Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award
2017
Work:
Into Each Room We Enter without Knowing
Category:
First Book
Organization:
Southern Illinois University Press
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Into Each Room We Enter without Knowing
2017 PoetryDebut poetry collection exploring multiracial identity
Multiracial identityRaceFamily
Trace Evidence: Poems
2023 PoetryPoetry collection on themes of trace evidence
IdentityMemoryHeritage
Bibliography
- Into Each Room We Enter without Knowing (2017)
- Trace Evidence: Poems (2023)
Translations by Author
- Translations of Italian poets (Gëzim Hajdari, Donata Berra)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Introspective and personal poetic style
- Recurring Motifs
- Racial identityMulticultural backgroundFamily origins
Legacy
Contemporary American poet known for works exploring multiracial identity and heritage.
Trivia
- Born to an Irish American father and Moroccan mother.
- Lived abroad in UK, Morocco, Italy, Switzerland in his twenties.