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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

Harvard College
Degree: BA
Country: United States

Awards

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 collection
Translations
  • 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