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第13回（2010年） Readers' Choice
Jason Koo
ジェイソン・クー
Jason Koo
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- New York City
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- New York City (birth) → Cleveland (grew up) → Brooklyn (base of activity)
経歴
- 職業
- poet, editor, teacher, creative writing director
- 活動期間
- 2009年〜
- 所属
- Brooklyn Poets (founder / former executive director), Quinnipiac University (professor / director of creative writing), Lehman College (formerly taught / directed MA program)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Marcel Proust, Herman Melville, Cervantes, Don DeLillo, John Ashbery, Mark Strand? / Levis, Hart Crane, Wallace Stevens, Kenneth Koch, Byron (in Don Juan) / Whitman referenced, William Wordsworth, Frank Bidart, Lynda Hull
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale University | — | English | BA | — | United States |
| University of Houston (MFA program) | — | Creative Writing (MFA) | MFA | — | United States |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | — | English and Creative Writing | PhD | — | United States |
Yale University
English
学位:
BA
国:
United States
BA in English
University of Houston (MFA program)
Creative Writing (MFA)
学位:
MFA
国:
United States
Studied under Edward Hirsch and others
University of Missouri-Columbia
English and Creative Writing
学位:
PhD
国:
United States
PhD in English and Creative Writing
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Diode Editions Poetry Contest | No Rest | — | Diode Editions | winner |
| 2009 | De Novo Poetry Prize (selected) | Man on Extremely Small Island | — | C&R Press (selected by Denise Duhamel) | selected/award |
| 2017 | Cleveland State University Poetry Center — Open Book Poetry Competition (semi-finalist) | More Than Mere Light | — | Cleveland State University Poetry Center | semi-finalist |
| 2016 | Brooklyn Magazine — 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture (ranking) | — | — | Brooklyn Magazine | ranked (21st) |
| 2021 | Yes Poetry — Poet of the Month | — | — | Yes Poetry | honor |
| 2024 | Connecticut Poetry Circuit Poet (selected) | — | — | Quinnipiac University / Connecticut Poetry Circuit | selected |
Diode Editions Poetry Contest
2024
対象作品:
No Rest
主催:
Diode Editions
結果:
winner
De Novo Poetry Prize (selected)
2009
対象作品:
Man on Extremely Small Island
主催:
C&R Press (selected by Denise Duhamel)
結果:
selected/award
Cleveland State University Poetry Center — Open Book Poetry Competition (semi-finalist)
2017
対象作品:
More Than Mere Light
主催:
Cleveland State University Poetry Center
結果:
semi-finalist
Brooklyn Magazine — 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture (ranking)
2016
主催:
Brooklyn Magazine
結果:
ranked (21st)
Yes Poetry — Poet of the Month
2021
主催:
Yes Poetry
結果:
honor
Connecticut Poetry Circuit Poet (selected)
2024
主催:
Quinnipiac University / Connecticut Poetry Circuit
結果:
selected
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Man on Extremely Small Island
2009年 poetryDebut poetry collection exploring immigration, urban life, and personal memory.
immigrationurban lifememoryidentity
America's Favorite Poem
2014年 poetryA collection that reflects on American culture and everyday observations to illuminate the personal and social.
American culturethe everydayidentity
More Than Mere Light
2018年 poetryPoems that experiment with form and diction, weaving personal memory with cultural references.
memorycultural referenceformal experimentation
No Rest
2024年 poetryA recent collection published after winning the Diode Editions contest; contains poems about urban life, personal exhaustion, and the lack of rest.
urban lifefatiguerestcontemporary life
全著作
- Man on Extremely Small Island (2009; reissued 2020)
- America's Favorite Poem (2014; reissued 2020)
- More Than Mere Light (2018)
- No Rest (2024)
作風・主題
- 文体
- contemporary poetryobservational and lyricalincludes formal experimentation
- 頻出モチーフ
- urban landscapefamily and memorysports and cultural references (e.g., LeBron James)immigration and identity
評価・遺産
Founder of Brooklyn Poets who nurtured local poetry communities; through university teaching and direction has influenced emerging poets. Known for poetry addressing urban culture and immigrant experience.
大衆文化への影響
- Noted in Brooklyn cultural influence lists and active in the local literary scene
引用
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Proust, Melville, Cervantes, DeLillo, etc. ... Ashbery, Levis, Crane, Stevens, Koch, Whitman, Byron (in Don Juan), Wordsworth, Bidart, Lynda Hull ... the list goes on.
出典: Interview (e.g., Jet Fuel Review)
豆知識
- Founded Brooklyn Poets on May 31, 2012 (Walt Whitman's birthday).
- Poems have appeared in Poetry Northwest, Diode Poetry Journal, Jet Fuel Review, and others.
- Several books were reissued by Brooklyn Arts Press in 2020.