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第30回（2008年 第2回開催） Winner
Douglas Kearney
ダグラス・カーニー
Dagurasu Kānī
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1974 （Altadena, California, United States）
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Altadena, California (origin) → Minneapolis, Minnesota (residence/work)
経歴
- 職業
- Poet, Performer, Writer, Librettist, Professor
- 活動期間
- 2000年〜2025年
- 所属
- University of Minnesota (faculty), California Institute of the Arts (past affiliation), Howard University (alumnus)
- ノミネート
- Hurston/Wright Legacy Award nominee
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard University | — | — | B.A. | — | United States |
| California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) | — | MFA program | M.F.A. | — | United States |
Howard University
学位:
B.A.
国:
United States
Undergraduate studies completed (year unknown)
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
MFA program
学位:
M.F.A.
卒業年:
2004
国:
United States
Received MFA in 2004
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Coat Hanger Award | Swimchant for Nigger Mer-folk | — | — | Winner |
| 2008 | Whiting Award | Self | — | Whiting Foundation | Winner |
| 2014 | California Book Awards (Poetry) | Patter | Poetry | Commonwealth Club | Winner |
| 2017 | California Book Awards (Poetry) | Buck Studies | Poetry | Commonwealth Club | Silver |
| 2017 | CLMP Firecracker Award (Poetry) | Buck Studies | Poetry | Community of Literary Magazines and Presses | Winner |
| — | Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize | — | — | Unknown | Winner |
| 2021 | Campbell Opera Librettist Prize | — | — | Opera America | Winner |
| 2021 | National Book Award (Poetry) | Sho | Poetry | National Book Foundation | Finalist |
| 2022 | Griffin Poetry Prize (International) | Optic Subwoof | — | Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry | Winner |
| 2023 | CLMP Firecracker Award (Creative Nonfiction) | Optic Subwoof | Creative Nonfiction | Community of Literary Magazines and Presses | Winner |
| 2023 | Poetry Foundation Pegasus Award (Poetry Criticism) | — | Criticism | Poetry Foundation | Winner |
| 2025 | Pulitzer Prize (Music) | The Comet (libretto) | Music (libretto collaboration) | Pulitzer Prizes | Finalist |
Coat Hanger Award
2006
対象作品:
Swimchant for Nigger Mer-folk
結果:
Winner
Whiting Award
2008
対象作品:
Self
主催:
Whiting Foundation
結果:
Winner
California Book Awards (Poetry)
2014
対象作品:
Patter
部門:
Poetry
主催:
Commonwealth Club
結果:
Winner
California Book Awards (Poetry)
2017
対象作品:
Buck Studies
部門:
Poetry
主催:
Commonwealth Club
結果:
Silver
CLMP Firecracker Award (Poetry)
2017
対象作品:
Buck Studies
部門:
Poetry
主催:
Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
結果:
Winner
Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize
主催:
Unknown
結果:
Winner
Campbell Opera Librettist Prize
2021
主催:
Opera America
結果:
Winner
National Book Award (Poetry)
2021
対象作品:
Sho
部門:
Poetry
主催:
National Book Foundation
結果:
Finalist
Griffin Poetry Prize (International)
2022
対象作品:
Optic Subwoof
主催:
Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry
結果:
Winner
CLMP Firecracker Award (Creative Nonfiction)
2023
対象作品:
Optic Subwoof
部門:
Creative Nonfiction
主催:
Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
結果:
Winner
Poetry Foundation Pegasus Award (Poetry Criticism)
2023
部門:
Criticism
主催:
Poetry Foundation
結果:
Winner
Pulitzer Prize (Music)
2025
対象作品:
The Comet (libretto)
部門:
Music (libretto collaboration)
主催:
Pulitzer Prizes
結果:
Finalist
受賞・候補エディション
Whiting Awards
1回登壇
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第24回（2008年） Winner
Griffin Poetry Prize
1回登壇
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第22回（2022年） Winner
作品
代表作
FEAR, SOME
2006年 PoetryAn early collection featuring experimental language play and explorations of voice.
IdentityVoice and performance
The Black Automaton
2009年 PoetryPoems interrogating machinery and embodiment, exploring intersections of technology and Blackness.
TechnologyEmbodimentBlack experience
PATTER
2014年 PoetryAn experimental collection emphasizing linguistic rhythm and vernacular; received critical recognition.
RhythmLanguage experimentation
Mess and Mess and
2015年 PoetryA fragmented, disruptive set of poems characterized by deconstruction and reassembly of form.
FragmentationReconstruction
Someone Took They Tongues
2016年 PoetryA collection that questions ownership of language and voice, intersecting politics and bodily expression.
Ownership of languagePolitics
Buck Studies
2016年 PoetryLong-form and fragmentary poems that intersect history and personal memory.
MemoryHistory
Sho
2021年 PoetryA book moving across diverse forms; was a finalist for the National Book Award.
Formal experimentationCultural reference
Optic Subwoof
2022年 Poetry / creative nonfiction elementsA work that crosses poetic experiment and critical essay; winner of major prizes including the Griffin.
VisualityMedia criticism
I Imagine I Been Science Fiction Always
2025年 PoetryA recent work (2025) exploring futurity and science-fictional imagination poetically.
FuturityScience fiction imagination
全著作
- FEAR, SOME
- The Black Automaton
- PATTER
- Mess and Mess and
- Someone Took They Tongues
- Buck Studies
- Sho
- Optic Subwoof
- I Imagine I Been Science Fiction Always
翻案
- Crescent City (opera; libretto collaboration with Anne LeBaron)
- The Comet (music by George Lewis; libretto by Douglas Kearney; 2025 Pulitzer finalist)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Experimental poeticsEmphasis on oral/performative voiceDeconstruction and reassembly of form
- 頻出モチーフ
- BlacknessMusicality (rhythm, sound)Body and technologyMemory and history
評価・遺産
A contemporary poet who expands the boundaries between poetry and performance. Through prize-winning collections and libretto work for opera, he is highly regarded at the intersection of literature and music.
関連学会
- Poetry Society of America (named Notable New American Poet)
豆知識
- Not only a poet but also writes libretti for opera.
- Recipient of fellowships including Cave Canem.
- Serves as an associate professor at the University of Minnesota (at time of record).