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David Biespiel

デイヴィッド・ビースピール

Deibiddo Bīsupīru

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1964-02-18 （Tulsa, Oklahoma）
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Houston, Texas (childhood) → Boston, Massachusetts (1982-) → Washington, D.C. (1989-1993) → San Francisco, California (1993-1995) → Portland, Oregon (1995-present)

Career

Occupations
poet, critic, memoirist, novelist, writer, professor
Active Years
1986-
Affiliations
Attic Institute of Arts and Letters (founder), Oregon State University (Poet-in-Residence), Poetry Northwest (former editor)
Memberships
National Book Critics Circle (Board of Directors)

Education

Boston University
Period: 1982年頃
Year of Graduation: 1986
Country: United States
Diving scholarship
University of Maryland
Period: 1989年頃
Year of Graduation: 1991
Country: United States
Studied with Stanley Plumly et al.
Stanford University
Period: Stegner Fellowship
Year of Graduation: 1995
Country: United States
Stegner Fellowship in Poetry

Awards

National Book Critics Circle Balakian Award
2018
Organization: National Book Critics Circle
Result: finalist
Oregon Book Award (Nonfiction)
2016
Work: A Long High Whistle
Category: Nonfiction
Organization: Oregon Book Awards
Result: winner
Oregon Book Award (Poetry)
2011
Work: The Book of Men and Women
Category: Poetry
Organization: Oregon Book Awards
Result: winner
Lannan Fellowship
2007
Organization: Lannan Foundation
Result: winner
Pacific Northwest Bookseller's Award
2006
Work: A Long Journey
Organization: Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association
Result: winner
National Endowment for the Arts
1997
Organization: National Endowment for the Arts
Result: winner
Stegner Fellowship
1994
Category: Poetry
Organization: Stanford University
Result: fellow

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Book of Men and Women

2009 Poetry

Poetry collection on men and women

men and women

Wild Civility

2003 Poetry

Republic Café

2019 Poetry

The Education of a Young Poet

2017 Memoir

Memoir of education as a young poet

Bibliography

  • A Self-Portrait in the Year of the High Commission on Love (2023)
  • A Place of Exodus: Home, Memory, and Texas (2020)
  • Republic Cafe (2019)
  • The Education of a Young Poet (2017)
  • A Long High Whistle: Selected Columns on Poetry (2015)
  • Charming Gardeners (2013)
  • Every Writer Has a Thousand Faces (2010)
  • The Book of Men and Women (2009)
  • Wild Civility (2003)
  • Pilgrims & Beggars (2002)
  • Shattering Air (1996)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Fusion of poetry and criticism
Recurring Motifs
Democracy and poetryTexas and memory

Legacy

Known as a significant poet and critic in contemporary American poetry

Trivia

  • Pronounced 'buy-speel'
  • Competed in U.S. Diving Championships against Olympians like Greg Louganis
  • Founder of Attic Institute of Arts and Letters