PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
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Edition 31 (2021) Winner
Jennifer Elise Foerster
ジェニファー・イライズ・フォースター
Jennifer Elise Foerster
Aliases:
Jennifer Foerster
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- United States, Muscogee (Creek) Nation
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Various cities in the US and Europe, San Francisco, California
Career
- Occupations
- poet, writer, teacher
- Active Years
- 2008-2022
- Nominations
- 2014 PEN Open Book Award shortlist (Leaving Tulsa)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institute of American Indian Arts | — | — | Bachelor of Fine Arts | — | United States |
| Vermont College of Fine Arts | — | — | Master of Fine Arts | — | United States |
| University of Denver | — | Literary Arts | PhD | — | United States |
Institute of American Indian Arts
Degree:
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Country:
United States
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Degree:
Master of Fine Arts
Country:
United States
University of Denver
Literary Arts
Degree:
PhD
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | NEA Creative Writing Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | Fellowship |
| 2014 | Lannan Foundation Writing Residency Fellowship | — | — | Lannan Foundation | Fellowship |
| 2017 | Robert Frost Fellow in Poetry | — | — | Bread Loaf School of English | Fellowship |
| 2008 | Wallace Stegner Creative Writing Fellowship | — | — | Stanford University | Fellowship |
NEA Creative Writing Fellowship
2017
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
Fellowship
Lannan Foundation Writing Residency Fellowship
2014
Organization:
Lannan Foundation
Result:
Fellowship
Robert Frost Fellow in Poetry
2017
Organization:
Bread Loaf School of English
Result:
Fellowship
Wallace Stegner Creative Writing Fellowship
2008
Organization:
Stanford University
Result:
Fellowship
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Leaving Tulsa
2013 PoetryBright Raft in the Afterweather
2018 PoetryThe Maybe-Bird
2022 PoetryBibliography
- Leaving Tulsa (2013)
- Bright Raft in the Afterweather (2018)
- The Maybe-Bird (2022)
Legacy
A Muscogee Nation poet, writer, and teacher who has published three poetry collections and served as Associate Editor for a major anthology of Native Nations poetry.
Trivia
- Grew up in many cities in the U.S. and Europe because her father was in the U.S. Air Force.
- Belongs to the Muscogee Nation with German and Dutch heritage.
- Served as Associate Editor for When the Light of the World Was Subdued Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry (2020).