Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (1990) Winner
Dennis Nurkse
デニス・ヌルクセ
Denisu Nurukuse
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1949-12-13 （Brooklyn, New York, U.S.）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Brooklyn, New York
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Novelist
- Active Years
- 1987-2024
- Affiliations
- Sarah Lawrence College, Columbia University, The New School University
- Memberships
- Founding member of Amnesty International USA Group 9 (1973), Board of directors of Amnesty International-USA (2007)
- Influenced By
- Ragnar Nurkse
- Nominations
- Shortlisted for Forward Prize for best poetry collection published in the UK, 2011
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard College | — | — | BA | — | United States |
Harvard College
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Guggenheim Fellow | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2020 | Pushcart Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2022 | Pushcart Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2023 | Pushcart Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Charles Angoff Prize | — | — | Literary Review | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Frederick Bock Prize | — | — | The Modern Poetry Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Tanne Foundation Fellowship | — | — | Tanne Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1996 | Brooklyn Poet Laureate | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1988 | Bess Hokin Prize | — | — | Modern Poetry Foundation | 受賞 |
Guggenheim Fellow
2007
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Pushcart Prize
2020
Result:
受賞
Pushcart Prize
2022
Result:
受賞
Pushcart Prize
2023
Result:
受賞
Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters
2009
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
Charles Angoff Prize
2004
Organization:
Literary Review
Result:
受賞
Frederick Bock Prize
2003
Organization:
The Modern Poetry Foundation
Result:
受賞
Tanne Foundation Fellowship
2000
Organization:
Tanne Foundation
Result:
受賞
Brooklyn Poet Laureate
1996
Result:
受賞
Whiting Award
1990
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
受賞
Bess Hokin Prize
1988
Organization:
Modern Poetry Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Burnt Island
2005 Poetry collectionTranslations
- Estonian translation available
Bibliography
- Isolation in Action (1987)
- Shadow Wars (1988)
- Staggered Lights (1990)
- Voices Over Water (1993)
- Leaving Xaia (2000)
- The Rules of Paradise (2001)
- The Fall (2004)
- Burnt Island (2005)
- The Border Kingdom (2008)
- A Night in Brooklyn (2012)
- Love in the Last Days (2018)
- A Country of Strangers (2022)
- Haaled Ule Vee (2023, Estonian translation of Voices over Water)
Translations by Author
- Translations of anonymous medieval and flamenco Spanish lyric poems
Translations of Works
- Estonian translation of Voices over Water
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- LyricalThemes of mental health, trauma, and September 11 attacks
- Recurring Motifs
- Mental healthTraumaSeptember 11 terrorist attacks
Legacy
American poet author of twelve poetry collections, reviewed in New York Times, New Yorker, etc., multiple awards.
Trivia
- Son of Estonian economist Ragnar Nurkse
- Featured at Jaipur International Literary Festival and Aldeburgh Poetry Festival