Jane Duran - World Literary Awards

Profile

Gender: Female
Born: 1944 （Cuba）
Nationality: Spanish-American
Languages: English
Residence History: Cuba → United States → Chile → England → London

Career

Occupations: poet
Active Years: 1995-2016
Affiliations: Enitharmon Press
Influenced By: Gustavo Durán

Education

Institution	Faculty	Department	Degree	Period	Country
Cornell University	—	—	—	—	United States

Cornell University

Year of Graduation: 1966

Country: United States

Awards

Year	Award	Work	Category	Organization	Result
1995	Forward Poetry Prize	Breathe Now, Breathe	Best First Collection	—	winner
2005	Cholmondeley Award	—	—	Society of Authors	winner

Forward Poetry Prize

1995

Work: Breathe Now, Breathe

Category: Best First Collection

Result: winner

Cholmondeley Award

2005

Organization: Society of Authors

Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Forward Prizes for Poetry 1 appearances

Edition 4 (1995) Winner

Works

Major Works

Breathe Now, Breathe

1995 poetry

First collection, winner of Forward Poetry Prize for Best First Collection.

silenceslossexile

Silences from the Spanish Civil War

2002 poetry

Collection themed around the Spanish Civil War.

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Coastal

2006 poetry

Poetry collection.

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Graceline

poetry

Poetry collection.

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Bibliography

Breathe Now, Breathe (1995)
Silences from the Spanish Civil War (2002)
Coastal (2006)
Graceline
Gypsy Ballads (trans. 2011)
Sonnets of Dark Love - The Tamarit Divan (trans. 2016)

Translations by Author

Gypsy Ballads (Federico García Lorca trans.)
Sonnets of Dark Love - The Tamarit Divan (Federico García Lorca trans.)

Style & Themes

Literary Style: Themes of silences, loss, and exile haunt much of her work
Recurring Motifs: silenceslossexile

Legacy

Poet whose work is haunted by themes of silences, loss, and exile from her father's experiences in the Spanish Civil War. Winner of Forward Poetry Prize and Cholmondeley Award.