Walt Whitman Award
1 appearances
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Edition 16 (1990) Winner
Elaine Terranova
エレイン・テラノヴァ
Erein Terranova
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1939-01-01 （Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Career
- Occupations
- Poet
- Active Years
- 1980-2013
- Affiliations
- Sweet Briar College, Temple University
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple University | — | English | Bachelor's degree | — | United States |
| Goddard College | — | — | Master's degree | — | United States |
Temple University
English
Degree:
Bachelor's degree
Year of Graduation:
1961
Country:
United States
Goddard College
Degree:
Master's degree
Year of Graduation:
1977
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Walt Whitman Award | The Cult of the Right Hand | — | Academy of American Poets | Winner |
| 1992 | Robert Frost Fellowship in Poetry | — | — | Bread Loaf Writers' Conference | Fellowship |
| 1993 | Anna Davidson Rosenberg Competition | The Stand-up Shtel | Jewish experience poems | — | First prize |
| 2006 | Pew Fellowships in the Arts | — | — | — | Fellow |
| 2012 | Pushcart Prize | — | — | — | Winner |
Walt Whitman Award
1990
Work:
The Cult of the Right Hand
Organization:
Academy of American Poets
Result:
Winner
Robert Frost Fellowship in Poetry
1992
Organization:
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
Result:
Fellowship
Anna Davidson Rosenberg Competition
1993
Work:
The Stand-up Shtel
Category:
Jewish experience poems
Result:
First prize
Pew Fellowships in the Arts
2006
Result:
Fellow
Pushcart Prize
2012
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Damages
1996 PoetryPoetry collection. Poems featured in Poetry in Motion in Philadelphia.
DamagesEveryday life
Bibliography
- Toward Morning/Swimmers
- The Cult of the Right Hand
- Damages
- The Dog's Heart
- Not to: new & selected poems
- Elegiac: Footnotes to Rilke's Duino Elegies
- Dames Rocket
- Dollhouse
Translations by Author
- Translation of Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Poetic depiction of everyday life
Legacy
American poet known for winning multiple awards, based in Philadelphia.