Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism
1 appearances
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Edition 25 (2020) Winner
Fred Moten
フレッド・モーテン
Fureddo Mōten
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1962-08-18 （Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- Las Vegas, Nevada → Cambridge, Massachusetts (Harvard)
Career
- Occupations
- Professor, Poet, Scholar, Cultural theorist
- Active Years
- 2003-2024
- Affiliations
- New York University, University of California, Riverside, Duke University, University of Iowa
- Memberships
- American Quarterly editorial board, Callaloo editorial board, Social Text editorial board
- Influenced By
- Noam Chomsky, T. S. Eliot, Joseph Conrad
- Influenced
- Stefano Harney (co-author)
- Nominations
- National Book Award Poetry Finalist (The Feel Trio, 2014)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | — | Literature | BA | 1980-1984 | United States |
| University of California, Berkeley | — | Literature | PhD | — | United States |
Harvard University
Literature
Degree:
BA
Period:
1980-1984
Year of Graduation:
1984
Country:
United States
Intended economics but shifted to literature
University of California, Berkeley
Literature
Degree:
PhD
Year of Graduation:
1990
Country:
United States
MAおよびPhD取得
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | MacArthur Fellowship | — | — | MacArthur Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Los Angeles Times Book Prize | The Feel Trio | 詩集 | Los Angeles Times | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Stephen E. Henderson Award | — | — | African American Literature and Culture Society | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Roy Lichtenstein Award | — | — | Foundation for Contemporary Arts | 受賞 |
MacArthur Fellowship
2020
Organization:
MacArthur Foundation
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
2016
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Los Angeles Times Book Prize
2014
Work:
The Feel Trio
Category:
詩集
Organization:
Los Angeles Times
Result:
受賞
Stephen E. Henderson Award
2016
Organization:
African American Literature and Culture Society
Result:
受賞
Roy Lichtenstein Award
2018
Organization:
Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study
2013 CriticismEssays criticizing academia's professionalization and logistical capitalism, co-authored with Stefano Harney.
Black studiesFugitive planningHapticality
In the Break: The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition
2003 CriticismExplores aesthetics of the Black radical tradition.
Black aestheticsRadical tradition
The Feel Trio
2014 PoetryPoetry collection named after Cecil Taylor's trio.
Black cultureMusic
Bibliography
- All Incomplete (with Stefano Harney, 2021)
- The Universal Machine (2018)
- Stolen Life (2018)
- Black and Blur (2017)
- The Little Edges (2015)
- The Feel Trio (2014)
- B. Jenkins (2010)
- Hughson's Tavern (2009)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Experimental poetryCritical proseBlack aesthetics
- Recurring Motifs
- BlacknessFugitivityHapticalityUndercommons
Legacy
Major contributions to Black studies, poetics, critical race theory. Known for MacArthur Fellowship.
In Popular Culture
- Profiled in Harvard Magazine, The New Yorker
Quotes
-
Black studies is a dehiscence at the heart of the institution on its edge...
Source: Essay -
I grew up around people who were weird. No one's blackness was compromised by their weirdness...
Source: Harvard Magazine interview (2018)
Trivia
- Raised in segregated Black neighborhood in Las Vegas
- Worked as janitor at Nevada Test Site during Harvard leave
- Raised Catholic