National Poetry Series
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Elizabeth Robinson
エリザベス・ロビンソン
Erizabesu Robinson
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1961-01-01 （Denver, Colorado, United States）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Southern California (grew up) → San Francisco Bay Area (resident) → Boulder, Colorado (resident/working) → Denver, Colorado (birthplace)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, professor, editor
- Active Years
- 1984-
- Affiliations
- University of Colorado at Boulder (faculty), Naropa University (faculty / summer program involvement), Iowa Writers' Workshop (taught), University of Montana (Hugo Fellow)
- Influenced By
- Robert Kelly, Robert Creeley, Keith Waldrop, C. D. Wright, Robert Duncan, Edward Sanders, Karl Shapiro
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, Davis | — | — | — | 1980s（在籍期間の一部） | United States |
| Bard College | — | Literature/Poetry | — | 1980s（転入・学習） | United States |
| Brown University | — | MFA (Creative Writing) | MFA | 1980s–1990s（修了） | United States |
| Pacific School of Religion | — | — | — | — | United States |
University of California, Davis
Period:
1980s（在籍期間の一部）
Country:
United States
Attended for a year; took courses with Karl Shapiro
Bard College
Literature/Poetry
Period:
1980s（転入・学習）
Country:
United States
Studied extensively with Robert Kelly
Brown University
MFA (Creative Writing)
Degree:
MFA
Period:
1980s–1990s（修了）
Country:
United States
Studied with Keith Waldrop and C.D. Wright; interned with Burning Deck Press
Pacific School of Religion
Country:
United States
Attended/ took courses (details unknown)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Fellow at the Bridwell Library | — | — | Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University | フェローシップ |
| 2016 | Fellow at the Maison Dora Maar | — | — | Maison Dora Maar (Menerbes, France) | フェローシップ |
| 2012 | Grant from the Boomerang Foundation | — | — | Boomerang Foundation | 助成 |
| 2008 | Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Grants to Artists Award | — | — | Foundation for Contemporary Arts | 助成 |
| 2002 | Fence Modern Poets Prize (for Apprehend) | Apprehend | 詩 | Fence Books | 受賞 |
| 2001 | National Poetry Series (for Pure Descent) | Pure Descent | 詩 | National Poetry Series | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Gertrude Stein Awards for Innovative Poetry | — | — | Gertrude Stein Award (for Innovative Poetry) | 受賞 |
| 1995 | Gertrude Stein Awards for Innovative Poetry | — | — | Gertrude Stein Award (for Innovative Poetry) | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Gertrude Stein Awards for Innovative Poetry | — | — | Gertrude Stein Award (for Innovative Poetry) | 受賞 |
| 1987 | Baxter Hathaway Prize for a long poem, Epoch Magazine | — | — | Epoch Magazine | 受賞 |
| — | Residency at the MacDowell Colony | — | — | MacDowell Colony | レジデンシー |
| — | Djerassi Resident Artists Program (residency) | — | — | Djerassi Resident Artists Program | レジデンシー |
| — | Headlands Center for the Arts (residency) | — | — | Headlands Center for the Arts | レジデンシー |
Fellow at the Bridwell Library
2017
Organization:
Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University
Result:
フェローシップ
Fellow at the Maison Dora Maar
2016
Organization:
Maison Dora Maar (Menerbes, France)
Result:
フェローシップ
Grant from the Boomerang Foundation
2012
Organization:
Boomerang Foundation
Result:
助成
Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Grants to Artists Award
2008
Organization:
Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Result:
助成
Fence Modern Poets Prize (for Apprehend)
2002
Work:
Apprehend
Category:
詩
Organization:
Fence Books
Result:
受賞
National Poetry Series (for Pure Descent)
2001
Work:
Pure Descent
Category:
詩
Organization:
National Poetry Series
Result:
受賞
Gertrude Stein Awards for Innovative Poetry
1994
Organization:
Gertrude Stein Award (for Innovative Poetry)
Result:
受賞
Gertrude Stein Awards for Innovative Poetry
1995
Organization:
Gertrude Stein Award (for Innovative Poetry)
Result:
受賞
Gertrude Stein Awards for Innovative Poetry
2006
Organization:
Gertrude Stein Award (for Innovative Poetry)
Result:
受賞
Baxter Hathaway Prize for a long poem, Epoch Magazine
1987
Organization:
Epoch Magazine
Result:
受賞
Residency at the MacDowell Colony
Organization:
MacDowell Colony
Result:
レジデンシー
Djerassi Resident Artists Program (residency)
Organization:
Djerassi Resident Artists Program
Result:
レジデンシー
Headlands Center for the Arts (residency)
Organization:
Headlands Center for the Arts
Result:
レジデンシー
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Counterpart
2012 PoetryA collection of poems exploring formal experimentation and personal/linguistic inquiry; one of her recent notable works.
language experimentationidentityfragmentation
Three Novels
2011 Poetry / Experimental textA work that traverses poetry and novelistic elements, addressing boundaries between forms and genres.
genre-crossingexploration of narrative
Also Known As
2009 PoetryA poetic inquiry into names, identity, and language.
names and identitylanguage
The Orphan & Its Relations
2008 PoetryA collection focusing on family, loss, and relations; notable for metaphorical and formal innovations.
familylossrelations
Pure Descent
2003 PoetryPoems concerning national and personal identity and lineage; selected by the National Poetry Series.
lineageidentity
Bibliography
- Blue Heron
- Counterpart
- Three Novels
- Also Known As
- Inaudible Trumpeters
- The Orphan & Its Relations
- Under That Silky Roof
- Apostrophe
- Apprehend
- Pure Descent
- Harrow
- House Made of Silver
- In the sequence of falling things
- Bed of lists
- Various chapbooks (Reply, Rumor, The Golem, Carrington, My Name Happens Also, etc.)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- experimental / avant-garde poeticsfragmented narrationplay with language and formal concerns
- Recurring Motifs
- identityfamily and lossnames and languageplace and mobility
Legacy
Elizabeth Robinson is an important figure in contemporary American experimental poetry; through teaching and editorial work she has influenced emerging poets and contributed to literary community formation via fellowships, grants, and residencies.
Archives
- Yale LUX collections (holds related materials)
- SNAC (archival entries)
Trivia
- Co-edited the magazine 26.
- Has been editing the literary periodical Pallaksch since 2012.
- Co-edited the EtherDome Chapbook series for 12 years with Colleen Lookingbill.
- Co-edits Instance Press with Beth Anderson and Laura Sims.
- Published numerous chapbooks and full-length poetry collections.