Walt Whitman Award
1 appearances
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Edition 12 (1986) Winner
Chris Llewellyn
クリス・ルウェリン
Kurisu Ruerin
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Northeast Washington, D.C.
Career
- Occupations
- poet
- Active Years
- 1973-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Wilson College | — | — | — | — | United States |
Warren Wilson College
Country:
United States
Graduated.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Walt Whitman Award | Fragments from the Fire | — | Academy of American Poets | 受賞 |
Walt Whitman Award
1986
Work:
Fragments from the Fire
Organization:
Academy of American Poets
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Fragments from the Fire: the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire of March 25, 1911
1987 PoetryA poetry collection about the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire of March 25, 1911, told from the perspectives of the mostly female worker victims.
workers' sufferingfire disasterwomen's rightslabor safety
Bibliography
- Four Leaf Clover (1973)
- The Avian Muses: A Collection of Poems (1990)
- Fragments from the Fire (1987)
- Steam Dummy & Fragments from the Fire (1993)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- working-class poetrynarrative poetry
- Recurring Motifs
- labor disasterswomen's voiceshistorical events
Legacy
American poet who won the Walt Whitman Award in 1986. Known for her poetry collection on the Triangle Shirtwaist fire.
Trivia
- Married to Justice Department lawyer Edward Bordley. They have a daughter, Elizabeth Bordley.