Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 19 (2003) Winner
Christopher Cokinos
クリストファー・コキノス
Kuristosufā Kokinosu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1963-00-00 （Indianapolis, Indiana）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Indianapolis, Indiana → St. Louis, Missouri → Manhattan, Kansas → Logan, Utah → Tucson, Arizona
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Nonfiction writer, Professor
- Active Years
- 1993-2024
- Affiliations
- Kansas State University, Utah State University, University of Arizona
- Memberships
- Kansas Audubon Council, Utah Audubon
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana University Bloomington | — | — | Bachelor of Arts | — | United States |
| Washington University in St. Louis | — | — | Master of Fine Arts | — | United States |
Indiana University Bloomington
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Year of Graduation:
1981
Country:
United States
Washington University in St. Louis
Degree:
Master of Fine Arts
Year of Graduation:
1991
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | Winner |
| — | Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award | — | — | — | Winner |
| — | Glasgow Prize for an Emerging Writer of Nonfiction | — | — | — | Winner |
Whiting Award
2003
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
Winner
Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award
Result:
Winner
Glasgow Prize for an Emerging Writer of Nonfiction
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Hope Is the Thing with Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds
2000 Non-fictionA personal chronicle of vanished birds.
ExtinctionNatureEnvironment
The Fallen Sky: An Intimate History of Shooting Stars
2009 Non-fictionAn intimate history of shooting stars.
SpaceScienceNature
Bodies, of the Holocene: Essays
2013 EssaysEssays on Holocene bodies.
Natural historyEnvironment
Still as Bright: An Illuminating History of the Moon from Antiquity to Tomorrow
2024 Non-fictionHistory of the Moon.
MoonSpace exploration
The Underneath
2018 PoetryPoetry collection.
Nature
Bibliography
- Hope Is the Thing with Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds (2000)
- The Fallen Sky: An Intimate History of Shooting Stars (2009)
- Bodies, of the Holocene: Essays (2013)
- Still as Bright: An Illuminating History of the Moon from Antiquity to Tomorrow (2024)
- Killing Seasons (1993)
- Held as Earth (2014)
- The Underneath (2018)
- The Sonoran Desert: A Literary Field Guide (2016, with Eric Magrane)
- Beyond Earth's Edge: The Poetry of Spaceflight (2019, with Julie Swarstad Johnson)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Poetic proseNature writingScientific insight
- Recurring Motifs
- ExtinctionSpaceEnvironmental loss
Legacy
American poet and nonfiction writer known for works on nature, environment, and space. Recipient of the Whiting Award, taught at universities, exploring intersections of science and literature.
Trivia
- Participated in the Antarctic Search for Meteorites expedition in 2003–2004.
- Served as an analog astronaut at the Mars Desert Research Station.
- Leading an all-artists lunar surface analog at Biosphere 2's Space Analog for Moon and Mars.