Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (1997) Winner
Forrest Gander
フォレスト・ガンダー
Foresuto Gandā
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1956-01-21 （Barstow, California）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Annandale, Virginia → Mexico → Providence, Rhode Island → Northern California
Career
- Occupations
- poet, novelist, translator, essayist, professor
- Active Years
- 1988-2024
- Affiliations
- Brown University, Providence College
- Memberships
- Academy of American Poets (Chancellor), American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Influenced By
- T. S. Eliot, Henry Vaughan
- Nominations
- Pulitzer Prize Finalist 2012 (Core Samples from the World), National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist 2011 (Core Samples from the World), National Book Award Longlist 2018 (Be With)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of William & Mary | — | Geology | B.S. | — | United States |
| San Francisco State University | — | Creative Writing | M.A. | — | United States |
College of William & Mary
Geology
Degree:
B.S.
Year of Graduation:
1978
Country:
United States
Geology major
San Francisco State University
Creative Writing
Degree:
M.A.
Country:
United States
Enrolled after melanoma recovery
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry | Be With | — | Pulitzer Prize Board | winner |
| 1997 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | winner |
| 2008 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | winner |
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
2019
Work:
Be With
Organization:
Pulitzer Prize Board
Result:
winner
Whiting Award
1997
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
winner
Guggenheim Fellowship
2008
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 101 (2019) Winner
Works
Major Works
Be With
2018 PoetryElegiac poetry collection mourning the death of his wife C. D. Wright. Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
grieflossnature
Translations
- 相伴 (Chinese)
Core Samples from the World
2011 PoetryPoetry exploring cross-cultural tensions. Finalist for 2012 Pulitzer and 2011 NBCC Award.
cross-cultural tensionslandscapeshuman experience
The Trace
2014 NovelNovel about a couple tracing Ambrose Bierce's last journey, lost in the Chihuahuan Desert.
intimacyisolationlandscapes
Translations
- El Rastro (Spanish)
As a Friend
2008 NovelNovel about a land surveyor whose presence provokes self-examination and eroticism.
self-examinationeroticism
Translations
- Como Amigo (Spanish)
Bibliography
- Rush to the Lake (1988)
- Lynchburg (1993)
- Deeds of Utmost Kindness (1994)
- Science & Steepleflower (1998)
- Torn Awake (2001)
- Eye Against Eye (2005)
- Core Samples from the World (2011)
- Eiko & Koma (2013)
- Be With (2018)
- Twice Alive (2021)
- Knot (2022)
- Mojave Ghost (2024)
Translations by Author
- The Night (Jaime Saenz)
- Spectacle & Pigsty (Kiwao Nomura)
- Then Come Back: the Lost Neruda (Pablo Neruda)
Translations of Works
- 相伴 (Be With, Chinese)
- 新生 (Twice Alive, Chinese)
- El Rastro (The Trace, Spanish)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- experimentallandscape-focusedecological poetics
- Recurring Motifs
- landscapescross-cultural tensionsnature and human experience
Health
-
melanoma1978年頃（大学卒業後）Shifted career from geology to poetry
Legacy
Prominent contemporary American poet, 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winner for Be With. Noted translator of Latin American poetry. A.K. Seaver Professor Emeritus at Brown University.
Archives
- Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Trivia
- Raised by a single mother with two sisters in a two-room apartment.
- Extensive summer road trips across the US shaped his interest in landscapes.
- Co-edited Lost Roads Publishers with wife C. D. Wright for 20 years.