Poets' Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (2013) Winner
David Wojahn
デイヴィッド・ウォジャン
Deividdo Wojahn
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1953 （St. Paul, Minnesota）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- St. Paul, Minnesota → Richmond, Virginia
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Professor of Creative Writing
- Active Years
- 1970-2024
- Affiliations
- Virginia Commonwealth University, Vermont College of Fine Arts
- Influenced By
- Richard Hugo
- Nominations
- Pulitzer Prize finalist (2007, Interrogation Palace)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Minnesota | — | Department of English | BA | — | United States |
| University of Arizona | — | Creative Writing | MFA | — | United States |
University of Minnesota
Department of English
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
University of Arizona
Creative Writing
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Yale Series of Younger Poets | Icehouse Lights | — | Yale University Press | winner |
| 1982 | William Carlos Williams Award | Icehouse Lights | — | Poetry Society of America | winner |
| 1987 | Society of Midland Authors Award | Glassworks | — | Society of Midland Authors | winner |
| 2006 | O. B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize | Interrogation Palace | — | Folger Shakespeare Library | winner |
| 2007 | Pulitzer Prize | Interrogation Palace | — | Columbia University | finalist |
| 2003 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | fellow |
| 2013 | Poets' Prize | — | — | — | winner |
Yale Series of Younger Poets
1982
Work:
Icehouse Lights
Organization:
Yale University Press
Result:
winner
William Carlos Williams Award
1982
Work:
Icehouse Lights
Organization:
Poetry Society of America
Result:
winner
Society of Midland Authors Award
1987
Work:
Glassworks
Organization:
Society of Midland Authors
Result:
winner
O. B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize
2006
Work:
Interrogation Palace
Organization:
Folger Shakespeare Library
Result:
winner
Pulitzer Prize
2007
Work:
Interrogation Palace
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
finalist
Guggenheim Fellowship
2003
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
fellow
Poets' Prize
2013
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Icehouse Lights
1982 PoetryDebut collection selected by Richard Hugo. Concerns emotive basics: leaving home, watching loved ones age and die, mortality drone.
leaving homeaging and deathmortality
Interrogation Palace: New and Selected Poems 1982-2004
2006 PoetryNew and selected poems 1982-2004. Pulitzer finalist.
politicssocial issuespop culture
World Tree
2011 PoetryPoetry collection published by University of Pittsburgh Press.
contemporary life
Bibliography
- Icehouse Lights (1982)
- Glassworks (1987)
- Mystery Train (1990)
- Late Empire (1994)
- The Falling Hour (1997)
- Spirit Cabinet (2002)
- Interrogation Palace (2006)
- World Tree (2011)
- For the Scribe (2017)
- From the Valley of Making: Essays on the Craft of Poetry (2015)
- Strange Good Fortune (2001)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- metrical poetryfree versepolitical and social issues
- Recurring Motifs
- moments of significance in popular cultureJohn Lennon assassinationJim Morrison declineBrian Jones drowning
Legacy
Contemporary American poet using metrical and free verse to address political/social issues and pop culture moments. Eight books with Pitt Poetry Series. Pulitzer finalist, Guggenheim, multiple awards. Professor Emeritus, VCU English.
Trivia
- Edited poetry collections of his late wife Lynda Hull: The Only World and Collected Poems.