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James Kimbrell

ジェームズ・キンブレル

Jēmusu Kinbureru

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1967-08-10 (Jackson, Mississippi)
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Florida, U.S.

Career

Occupations
Poet, Professor
Active Years
1985-2024
Affiliations
Florida State University

Education

Millsaps College
Philosophy
Degree: B.A.
Year of Graduation: 1989
Country: United States
Undergraduate, philosophy major
University of Southern Mississippi
Degree: M.A.
Country: United States
University of Virginia
Degree: M.F.A.
Country: United States
University of Missouri
Degree: Ph.D.
Country: United States
Columbia, Missouri

Awards

Whiting Award
1998
Organization: Whiting Foundation
Result: Winner
Ruth Lilly Fellowship
Result: Winner
Discovery/The Nation Award
Organization: The Nation
Result: Winner
Ford Foundation Fellowship
Organization: Ford Foundation
Result: Winner
Academy of American Poets Prize
Organization: Academy of American Poets
Result: Winner
National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, Creative Writing
2005
Organization: National Endowment for the Arts
Result: Winner
John Simon Guggenheim Fellow
2016
Organization: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result: Winner
National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, Creative Writing
2017
Organization: National Endowment for the Arts
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Gatehouse Heaven

1998 Poetry

My Psychic

2006 Poetry

Smote

2015 Poetry

Bibliography

  • The Gatehouse Heaven (1998)
  • My Psychic (2006)
  • Smote (2015)
  • Three Poets of Modern Korea (2002, translation)
  • True Descenders (2000, anthology)

Translations by Author

  • Three Poets of Modern Korea: Yi Sang, Hahm Dong-Seon and Choi Young-Mi (2002)