PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (1997) Winner
Kevin Killian
ケビン・キリアン
Kevin Killian
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1952-12-24 （Smithtown, New York）
- Died
- 2019-06-15 （San Francisco, California） age 66
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Roman Catholic
- Residence History
- Smithtown, New York (birthplace) → San Francisco, California (from 1980)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, author, editor, playwright
- Active Years
- 1980-2019
- Affiliations
- Poets Theater (co-founder), Small Press Traffic (founder and former director), New Narrative movement (co-founder)
- Influenced By
- Jack Spicer, Dario Argento, J.T. LeRoy
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fordham University | — | — | — | 1970年代 | United States |
| Stony Brook University | — | — | — | 1970年代 | United States |
Fordham University
Period:
1970年代
Country:
United States
undergraduate
Stony Brook University
Period:
1970年代
Country:
United States
graduate school
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | American Book Award | My Vocabulary Did This to Me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer | Poetry | Before Columbus Foundation | Winner |
| 2010 | Lambda Literary Award | Impossible Princess | Gay Erotica | Lambda Literary | Winner |
American Book Award
2009
Work:
My Vocabulary Did This to Me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Before Columbus Foundation
Result:
Winner
Lambda Literary Award
2010
Work:
Impossible Princess
Category:
Gay Erotica
Organization:
Lambda Literary
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Impossible Princess
2009 LGBT literatureCollection of short gay erotic fiction inspired by Kylie Minogue's album.
gay eroticapop culture
Spreadeagle
2012 Novel
LGBT
Argento series
2001 PoetryPoetry series inspired by Dario Argento's horror films, response to AIDS epidemic.
horrorAIDS
Poet Be Like God
1998 BiographyBiography of Jack Spicer (co-written with Lewis Ellingham).
Bibliography
- Little Men
- Argento series
- I Cry Like a Baby
- Action Kylie
- Impossible Princess
- Tweaky Village
- Tony Greene Era
- Selected Amazon Reviews
- Shy
- Bedrooms Have Windows
- Arctic Summer
- Spreadeagle
- Poet Be Like God
- Stone Marmalade
- Often
- Island of Lost Souls
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- mandarin American casualness peculiar to West Coast writersrefined but deceptively offhand stylists
- Recurring Motifs
- LGBTQ+ themesAIDShorror filmspop icons
Health
-
cancer2019年Cause of death.
Legacy
Key figure in San Francisco's LGBT literature scene, co-founder of New Narrative movement, contributed to revival of Jack Spicer's work, co-founder of Poets Theater.
Archives
- Yale Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Kevin Killian and Dodie Bellamy Papers)
In Popular Culture
- Inspired Conrad Tao's piano composition 'All I Had Forgotten or Tried To'.
Trivia
- New York City spelling bee champion.
- Raised Roman Catholic, attended parochial school run by Franciscan friars.
- Bisexual, married to Dodie Bellamy for 34 years.