Walt Whitman Award
1 appearances
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Edition 43 (2017) Winner
Jenny Xie
ジェニー・シー
Jenny Xie
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Hefei, Anhui, China
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English, Chinese
- Residence History
- Hefei, Anhui, China → North Brunswick, New Jersey, United States → New York City, United States
Career
- Occupations
- poet, teacher
- Active Years
- 2016-2024
- Affiliations
- Bard College, New York University
- Nominations
- 2019 Dylan Thomas Prize longlist (Eye Level), 2019 PEN Open Book Award shortlist (Eye Level)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton University | — | Department of English | BA | — | United States |
| New York University | — | Creative Writing Program | MFA | — | United States |
Princeton University
Department of English
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
undergraduate
New York University
Creative Writing Program
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
graduate degree
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize | Nowhere to Arrive | — | Northwestern University Press | winner |
| 2018 | Walt Whitman Award | Eye Level | Poetry | Academy of American Poets | winner |
| 2018 | Holmes National Poetry Prize | — | — | Princeton University | winner |
| 2018 | National Book Award | Eye Level | Poetry | National Book Foundation | finalist |
| 2020 | Vilcek Prize | — | Creative Promise in Literature | Vilcek Foundation | winner |
| 2022 | National Book Award | The Rupture Tense | Poetry | National Book Foundation | finalist |
| 2023 | PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award | The Rupture Tense | — | PEN Oakland | winner |
Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize
2016
Work:
Nowhere to Arrive
Organization:
Northwestern University Press
Result:
winner
Walt Whitman Award
2018
Work:
Eye Level
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Academy of American Poets
Result:
winner
Holmes National Poetry Prize
2018
Organization:
Princeton University
Result:
winner
National Book Award
2018
Work:
Eye Level
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
finalist
Vilcek Prize
2020
Category:
Creative Promise in Literature
Organization:
Vilcek Foundation
Result:
winner
National Book Award
2022
Work:
The Rupture Tense
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
finalist
PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
2023
Work:
The Rupture Tense
Organization:
PEN Oakland
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 33 (2023) Winner
Works
Major Works
Nowhere to Arrive
2017 poetry collectionA chapbook of poetry.
Eye Level
2018 poetry collectionA poetry collection exploring travel, foreignness, and perception.
travelcross-cultural experienceself-perception
The Rupture Tense
2022 poetry collectionA poetry collection exploring rupture and tense.
ruptureidentitylanguage
Legacy
A prominent contemporary American poet of immigrant background, multiple National Book Award finalist.