National Poetry Series
1 appearances
Donald Revell
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Donald Revell
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- null （Bronx, New York, United States）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Las Vegas, Nevada (residence) → Utah (has lived)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, essayist, translator, professor
- Active Years
- 1975-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binghamton University (SUNY) | College of Arts and Sciences | Department of English | B.A. | 1971–1975 | United States |
| Binghamton University (SUNY) | Graduate School | Department of English | M.A. | 1975–1977 | United States |
| University at Buffalo | Graduate School | Department of English | Ph.D. | 1977–1980 | United States |
Binghamton University (SUNY)
College of Arts and Sciences
/ Department of English
Degree:
B.A.
Period:
1971–1975
Year of Graduation:
1975
Country:
United States
Binghamton University (SUNY)
Graduate School
/ Department of English
Degree:
M.A.
Period:
1975–1977
Year of Graduation:
1977
Country:
United States
University at Buffalo
Graduate School
/ Department of English
Degree:
Ph.D.
Period:
1977–1980
Year of Graduation:
1980
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Nevada Writers Hall of Fame | — | — | Nevada Writers Hall of Fame | 受賞 |
| 2008 | NEA Translation Award | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Silver Pen Award | — | — | Silver Pen Award (organization details archived) | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Poetry, finalist) | Pennyweight Windows | 詩 | Los Angeles Times | ファイナリスト |
| 2005 | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize | My Mojave | 詩 | Academy of American Poets (award administered) | 受賞 |
| 2003 | PEN Center USA Award (Poetry) | — | 詩 | PEN Center USA | 受賞 |
| 1992 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1991 | PEN Center USA Award (Poetry) | — | 詩 | PEN Center USA | 受賞 |
| 1988 | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) | 受賞 |
| 1985 | Pushcart Prize | — | — | Pushcart Press | 受賞 |
| 1983 | National Poetry Series (winner) | From the Abandoned Cities | 詩 | National Poetry Series | 受賞 |
Nevada Writers Hall of Fame
2017
Organization:
Nevada Writers Hall of Fame
Result:
受賞
NEA Translation Award
2008
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Result:
受賞
Silver Pen Award
2005
Organization:
Silver Pen Award (organization details archived)
Result:
受賞
Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Poetry, finalist)
2005
Work:
Pennyweight Windows
Category:
詩
Organization:
Los Angeles Times
Result:
ファイナリスト
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
2005
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Result:
受賞
Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
2004
Work:
My Mojave
Category:
詩
Organization:
Academy of American Poets (award administered)
Result:
受賞
PEN Center USA Award (Poetry)
2003
Category:
詩
Organization:
PEN Center USA
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
1992
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
PEN Center USA Award (Poetry)
1991
Category:
詩
Organization:
PEN Center USA
Result:
受賞
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1988
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Result:
受賞
Pushcart Prize
1985
Organization:
Pushcart Press
Result:
受賞
National Poetry Series (winner)
1983
Work:
From the Abandoned Cities
Category:
詩
Organization:
National Poetry Series
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
From the Abandoned Cities
1983 PoetryDebut collection featuring experimental, image-driven poems.
citylossimagery
The Gaza of Winter
1988 PoetryA mid-career collection employing complex metaphors and historical imagery.
historyconflictmemory
New Dark Ages
1990 PoetryPoems using dense metaphor and symbolism, probing social and spiritual darkness.
darknesssymbolismspirituality
Erasures
1992 PoetryA formally experimental collection that attempts linguistic reconfiguration.
languageformreconstruction
Beautiful Shirt
1994 PoetryA collection that delicately portrays personal memory and the everyday.
memoryeveryday lifeself
There Are Three
1998 PoetryPoems using a tripartite motif; notable for structural ingenuity.
structuretriplicityform
Arcady
2002 PoetryWork contrasting idyllic imagery with the tensions of reality.
arcadianaturecontrast
My Mojave
2003 PoetryA collection exploring the Mojave Desert's landscape and spirituality, centered on images of sand and space.
desertspiritualitynature
Pennyweight Windows: New And Selected Poems
2005 Poetry (selected and new poems)An anthology of selected and new poems showing stylistic evolution and range.
evolutionfaitheveryday and the sublime
A Thief of Strings
2007 PoetryA collection with a strong awareness of musicality and rhythm.
musicrhythmlanguage
The Bitter Withy
2009 PoetryDeeply introspective poems themed on bitterness and loss.
lossintrospectionbitterness
Tantivy
2012 PoetryA recent work focused on diction and velocity.
dictionvelocitymovement
Drought-Adapted Vine
2015 PoetryA collection questioning survival and adaptation through drought-land metaphors.
adaptationsurvivaldesert
The English Boat
2018 PoetryA collection of images about sea and travel; themes of memory and movement.
seamovementmemory
White Campion
2021 PoetryA recent work exploring being and loss through plants and ecology.
plantsecologyloss
Canandaigua
2024 PoetryLatest collection that carries past themes forward while offering new perspectives.
memoryplacereconsideration
Bibliography
- From the Abandoned Cities (1983)
- The Gaza of Winter (1988)
- New Dark Ages (1990)
- Erasures (1992)
- Beautiful Shirt (1994)
- There Are Three (1998)
- Arcady (2002)
- My Mojave (2003)
- Pennyweight Windows: New And Selected Poems (2005)
- A Thief of Strings (2007)
- The Bitter Withy (2009)
- Tantivy (2012)
- Drought-Adapted Vine (2015)
- The English Boat (2018)
- White Campion (2021)
- Canandaigua (2024)
Translations by Author
- A Season in Hell (Arthur Rimbaud, translation) (2007)
- The Self-Dismembered Man: Selected Later Poems of Guillaume Apollinaire (2004)
- Alcools (Guillaume Apollinaire, translation) (1995)
- Last Verses (Jules Laforgue, translation) (2011)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- image-driven, highly symbolic stylelyricism with religious/spiritual concernsformal experimentation and attention to musicality
- Recurring Motifs
- desert and arid landscapessnow and landscapefaith and redemptionmemory and loss
Legacy
Regarded as a significant contemporary American poet; influential as a translator and teacher, noted for poetic explorations of desert and nature.
Academic Societies
- Nevada Writers Hall of Fame
Quotes
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Revell now seeks a poetry appropriate not only to loneliness but to anger and happiness, not only to freighted symbols but to facts, not only to doubt but to faith. What's more, he seems to have found what he seeks.
Source: Stephanie Burt, review in The Nation (2003) -
It takes guts to write more poems about peace, war, God and children, but Revell's are so fresh, it's as if he's the first person ever to do it. He makes you feel how painfully near grace and redemption are at all times, and yet how unattainable.
Source: Lev Grossman, Time magazine (2005)
Trivia
- Has taught at multiple universities (Tennessee, Missouri, Iowa, Alabama, Colorado, Utah, Nevada).
- Editor of Denver Quarterly (1988–1994) and poetry editor of Colorado Review since 1996.
- Has translated works by Arthur Rimbaud, Guillaume Apollinaire, Jules Laforgue.