Dayton Literary Peace Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 17 (2022) Winner
Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
ホノリー・ファノン・ジェファーズ
Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1967 （Kokomo, Indiana, United States）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- Durham, North Carolina, United States → Atlanta, Georgia, United States → Kokomo, Indiana, United States
Career
- Occupations
- poet, novelist, academic, professor of English
- Active Years
- 2000-
- Affiliations
- University of Oklahoma (faculty)
- Memberships
- American Antiquarian Society (fellow/inductee), Alabama Writers Hall of Fame
- Influenced By
- Black Arts Movement, Saidiya Hartman (concept of 'critical fabulation'), Family (father Lance Jeffers) and African-American poetic traditions
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talladega College | — | — | — | 在学期間不明（〜1996） | United States |
| University of Alabama | — | — | MFA | 在学期間不明 | United States |
Talladega College
Period:
在学期間不明（〜1996）
Year of Graduation:
1996
Country:
United States
Reported to have graduated (1996)
University of Alabama
Degree:
MFA
Period:
在学期間不明
Country:
United States
Holds an MFA (year not specified)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry | The Age of Phillis | — | NAACP | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Harper Lee Award for Literary Distinction | — | — | Harper Lee Award committee | 受賞 |
| 2020 | Induction into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame | — | — | Alabama Writers Hall of Fame | 選出・殿堂入り |
| 2009 | Robert and Charlotte Baron Fellowship (American Antiquarian Society) | Research for The Age of Phillis | — | American Antiquarian Society | フェローシップ受給 |
| — | United States Artists Fellowship | — | — | United States Artists | フェロー（助成金付） |
| 2020 | National Book Award for Poetry | The Age of Phillis | — | National Book Foundation | ロングリスト（長編候補） |
| 2021 | Kirkus Prize for Fiction | The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois | — | Kirkus Reviews | ファイナリスト |
| 2021 | National Book Award for Fiction | The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois | — | National Book Foundation | ロングリスト（長編候補） |
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry
2021
Work:
The Age of Phillis
Organization:
NAACP
Result:
受賞
Harper Lee Award for Literary Distinction
2018
Organization:
Harper Lee Award committee
Result:
受賞
Induction into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame
2020
Organization:
Alabama Writers Hall of Fame
Result:
選出・殿堂入り
Robert and Charlotte Baron Fellowship (American Antiquarian Society)
2009
Work:
Research for The Age of Phillis
Organization:
American Antiquarian Society
Result:
フェローシップ受給
United States Artists Fellowship
Organization:
United States Artists
Result:
フェロー（助成金付）
National Book Award for Poetry
2020
Work:
The Age of Phillis
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
ロングリスト（長編候補）
Kirkus Prize for Fiction
2021
Work:
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
Organization:
Kirkus Reviews
Result:
ファイナリスト
National Book Award for Fiction
2021
Work:
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
ロングリスト（長編候補）
Awards & Nominations
PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
1 appearances
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Edition 47 (2022) Nominee
Works
Major Works
The Age of Phillis
2020 Poetry (historical poems / critical fabulation)Reexamines the life of 18th-century Black poet Phillis Wheatley through archival research and imaginative poetry, filling gaps left by earlier white-authored biographies. Explores love, enslavement, belonging, and memory.
Black historyenslavementmemory and archiveslove and relationships
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
2021 Novel (family epic)A sprawling novel tracing the history of a Black family across generations, engaging with racial and social issues in the United States and echoing themes related to W.E.B. Du Bois. Critically acclaimed and selected for Oprah's Book Club.
family historyrace and social justicememory and legacy
Red Clay Suite
2007 PoetryA collection of poems engaging with the author's family history, land, and memories of labor, including work focused on maternal family's farmland and shared memories.
land and rootsfamily history
The Gospel of Barbecue
2000 PoetryAn early poetry collection connecting Southern culture, food, and ritual with poetic imagination; examines relations between society and the individual.
Southern cultureritualidentity
Bibliography
- The Gospel of Barbecue (2000)
- Outlandish Blues (2003)
- Red Clay Suite (2007)
- The Glory Gets (2015)
- The Age of Phillis (2020)
- The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois (2021)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- archival-based poetic reconstructionepic and lyrical styleuse of critical fabulation
- Recurring Motifs
- family and landmemory and legacyBlack life and historylove and relationships
Legacy
Jeffers is acclaimed for combining archival research with poetic imagination to reread Black history. The Age of Phillis and The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois have received critical attention, establishing her as an important voice in contemporary American literature.
Academic Societies
- American Antiquarian Society
Archives
- Archives of the American Antiquarian Society (used in research)
In Popular Culture
- The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois was selected for Oprah's Book Club, increasing its reach to a wide readership.
Quotes
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“I feel like Ms. Phillis chose me.”
Source: The Oklahoman (interview, 2021) (2021)
Trivia
- Born in 1967.
- Holds an MFA and is a professor of English at the University of Oklahoma.
- The Age of Phillis was the result of about 15 years of archival research and creative work.