Walt Whitman Award
1 appearances
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Edition 20 (1994) Winner
Jan Richman
ジャン・リッチマン
Jan Richman
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Oakland, California
Career
- Occupations
- Poet
- Active Years
- 1993-
- Affiliations
- Academy of Art University, City College of San Francisco
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York University | — | Graduate Creative Writing Program | — | — | United States |
New York University
Graduate Creative Writing Program
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Walt Whitman Award | Because the Brain Can Be Talked Into Anything | — | — | winner |
| 1993 | Discovery/The Nation Award | — | — | — | winner |
| — | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | winner |
| — | Felix Pollack Poetry Prize | — | — | — | winner |
| — | Celia B. Wagner Award | — | — | — | winner |
Walt Whitman Award
1994
Work:
Because the Brain Can Be Talked Into Anything
Result:
winner
Discovery/The Nation Award
1993
Result:
winner
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
winner
Felix Pollack Poetry Prize
Result:
winner
Celia B. Wagner Award
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Because the Brain Can Be Talked Into Anything
1995 poetryThrill-Bent
2012 poetryBibliography
- Because the Brain Can Be Talked Into Anything (1995)
- Thrill-Bent (2012)
Legacy
An American poet who won the Walt Whitman Award in 1994. Also worked as a creative writing teacher.
In Popular Culture
- The controversy at Academy of Art University over student expulsion inspired the play Harmless.
Trivia
- Taught at Academy of Art University from 2001 to 2004 and was fired amid controversy over a student's composition.
- Stephen King and Salman Rushdie wrote letters protesting the controversy.