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Christopher Bakken

クリストファー・バッケン

Kuristosufā Bakken

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1967-01-01 (Madison, Wisconsin)
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
United States

Career

Occupations
poet, translator, chef, travel writer, professor
Active Years
2001-
Affiliations
Allegheny College

Education

Columbia University
Literature and Creative Writing
Degree: M.F.A.
Country: United States
University of Houston
Literature and Creative Writing
Degree: Ph.D.
Country: United States

Awards

T. S. Eliot Prize (Truman State University)
2001
Work: After Greece
Organization: Truman State University
Result: winner
Willis Barnstone Translation Prize
2005
Result: winner
Helen C. Smith Memorial Prize
2006
Organization: Texas Institute of Letters
Result: winner
Fulbright Scholar
2008
Category: American Studies at University of Bucharest
Organization: Fulbright Program
Result: recipient

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

After Greece

2001 Poetry

Goat Funeral

2006 Poetry

Honey, Olives, Octopus: Adventures at the Greek Table

2013 Travel/Food Writing

Eternity & Oranges

2016 Poetry

Bibliography

  • After Greece (2001), Goat Funeral (2006), Honey, Olives, Octopus (2013), Eternity & Oranges (2016), The Lions’ Gate: Selected Poems of Titos Patrikios (trans. 2006)

Translations by Author

  • The Lions’ Gate: Selected Poems of Titos Patrikios (2006)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Hellenic-inflected imagination
Recurring Motifs
Greek landscapes and cuisine

Legacy

American poet known for works inspired by Greece.

Trivia

  • His burger recipe won a Food & Wine contest.