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Erin Belieu

エリン・ベリュー

Erin Belieu

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1965-09-25 （Omaha, Nebraska, USA）
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Omaha, Nebraska (birthplace) → Boston, Massachusetts (study/residence) → Columbus, Ohio (study) → Houston, Texas (work) → St. Louis, Missouri (work) → Tallahassee, Florida (work) → Gambier, Ohio (Kenyon College affiliation)

Career

Occupations
Poet, University professor, Editor
Active Years
1994-
Affiliations
University of Houston (faculty, MFA/Ph.D. Creative Writing Program), Washington University in St. Louis (former faculty), Boston University (former faculty), Kenyon College (former faculty), Ohio University (former faculty), Florida State University (former faculty)
Memberships
VIDA: Women in Literary Arts (co-founder), AGNI (former managing editor)
Influenced By
Hayden Carruth

Education

University of Nebraska Omaha
Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts
Country: United States
Studied BFA; learned fundamentals of crafting poetry.
Boston University
Country: United States
Graduate-level study; specific degree/year not provided in source.
Ohio State University
Country: United States
Further graduate study in poetry (specifics not listed).

Awards

National Poetry Series
1994
Work: Infanta
Organization: National Poetry Series
Result: 受賞
Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award
1995
Category: 詩
Organization: Rona Jaffe Foundation
Result: 受賞
Ohioana Award
Organization: Ohioana Library Association
Result: 受賞
Society of Midland Authors Award
Organization: Society of Midland Authors
Result: 受賞
Los Angeles Times Book Award (Poetry) finalist
2007
Work: Black Box
Category: 詩
Organization: Los Angeles Times
Result: ファイナリスト
Invited reading at the Library of Congress
Organization: Library of Congress
Result: 招待

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Infanta

1995 Poetry collection

Early collection exploring memory, embodiment, and aspects of femininity.

memoryembodimentfemininity

One Above and One Below

2000 Poetry collection

Collection from 2000 mixing quotidian life with poetic imagination.

everyday lifeimaginationrelationships

Black Box

2006 Poetry collection

Collection addressing social and personal themes; finalist for the 2007 Los Angeles Times Book Award (Poetry).

individual and societymemorypolitics

Slant Six

2014 Poetry collection

2014 collection probing private subjects with attention to form and sonic texture.

formsubjectivitymemory

Bibliography

  • Infanta
  • One Above and One Below
  • Black Box
  • Slant Six

Style & Themes

Literary Style
lyrical and precise imageryimagistic languageattention to form
Recurring Motifs
body and memoryfemininity and genderfragments of everyday life

Legacy

Erin Belieu is an important contemporary American poet whose co-founding of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts influenced discussions on gender equity in publishing. She is respected both for her poetry and her teaching.

Trivia

  • Co-founded VIDA: Women in Literary Arts in 2009, known for the influential publication survey 'The Count'.
  • Won the National Poetry Series in 1994 (Infanta), selected by Hayden Carruth.
  • Invited to the Wave Press Poetry Bus Tour in 2006.
  • Contributed to the 2015 anthology 'Poets for Corbyn'.