Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (1993) Winner
Dionisio D. Martinez
ディオニシオ・D・マルティネス
Dionisio D. Martinez
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1956-04-07 （Cuba）
- Nationality
- Cuba
- Languages
- Spanish, English
- Residence History
- Spain (raised) → United States (raised) → Tampa, Florida, United States (residence)
Career
- Occupations
- poet
- Active Years
- 1990-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Whiting Award | — | — | The Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1997 | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | フェローシップ |
| 1998 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | フェローシップ |
| 1999 | National Poetry Series | Climbing Back | — | National Poetry Series | 受賞 |
Whiting Award
1993
Organization:
The Whiting Foundation
Result:
受賞
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1997
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
フェローシップ
Guggenheim Fellowship
1998
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
フェローシップ
National Poetry Series
1999
Work:
Climbing Back
Organization:
National Poetry Series
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
National Poetry Series
1 appearances
Works
Major Works
Dancing at the Chelsea
1992 PoetryA chapbook collecting early poems, centered on vivid imagery and personal recollections.
memorypersonal recollectionimagery
History as a Second Language
1993 PoetryA collection exploring history, origin, and language poetically; addresses memory and linguistic sensibilities arising from immigration.
immigration experiencelanguagehistory
Bad Alchemy
1995 PoetryA poetry collection that questions self and world through metaphor and transmutation, notable for tight language and transformative imagery.
transformationmetaphorself-exploration
Climbing Back
2000 PoetryA poetry collection themed on recovery and reconsideration; includes work selected by the National Poetry Series in 1999.
recoveryregenerationmemory
Bibliography
- Dancing at the Chelsea (chapbook), 1992
- History as a Second Language, 1993
- Bad Alchemy, 1995
- Climbing Back, 2000
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- image-driven, condensed poetic expressionstyle that exploits linguistic multiplicity
- Recurring Motifs
- memoryimmigration experiencegaps between languages and translation
Legacy
Dionisio D. Martinez, a Cuban-born poet, is recognized for poetry addressing immigration and linguistic sensibilities. He has received multiple fellowships and awards and published influential contemporary poetry.
Trivia
- Born in Cuba and raised in Spain and later the United States.
- Work has appeared in journals including American Poetry Review, Poetry, and Kenyon Review.
- Climbing Back was selected by the National Poetry Series in 1999.