Lannan Literary Awards
3 appearances
Killarney Clary
キラーニー・クラリー
Killarney Clary
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Pasadena, California
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Pasadena (born/raised) → University of California, Irvine area (studied/taught) → University of Iowa (taught)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, teacher
- Active Years
- 1989-
- Nominations
- 'Who Whispered Near Me' nominated for the Pulitzer Prize
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, Irvine | School of the Arts | Studio Art / Poetry Writing | — | — | United States |
University of California, Irvine
School of the Arts
/ Studio Art / Poetry Writing
Country:
United States
Received degrees in studio art and poetry writing. Later taught at UC Irvine and at the University of Iowa.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Lannan Literary Award for Poetry | — | — | Lannan Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2011 | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (Poetry) | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | 受賞 |
| — | Pulitzer Prize (nominated) | Who Whispered Near Me | 詩 | Pulitzer Prize | ノミネート |
Lannan Literary Award for Poetry
1992
Organization:
Lannan Foundation
Result:
受賞
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (Poetry)
2011
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
受賞
Pulitzer Prize (nominated)
Work:
Who Whispered Near Me
Category:
詩
Organization:
Pulitzer Prize
Result:
ノミネート
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Who Whispered Near Me
1989 PoetryA lyrical collection that captures the rhythms of interior life and everyday detail; fragments of memory and conversational cadence combine to reveal patterns of a life.
memoryeveryday lifeinteriority
By Common Salt
1996 PoetryExplores intimacy and distance through communal senses and familiar materials.
communityintimacy
Potential Stranger
2003 PoetryA collection addressing otherness and shifting identities, questioning boundaries between self and other through everyday observation.
othernessidentity
Shadow of A Cloud but no Cloud
2014 PoetryA later collection weaving figurative imagery and the shadows of memory, capturing ambiguity of being and fleeting moments.
memoryephemerality
Bibliography
- Who Whispered Near Me (1989)
- By Common Salt (1996)
- Potential Stranger (2003)
- Shadow of A Cloud but no Cloud (2014)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical and introspective styleprose-like poems incorporating conversational rhythmstechnique of connecting fragments of memory
- Recurring Motifs
- fragments of memoryeveryday detaildomestic and intimate scenes
Legacy
Killarney Clary is recognized in contemporary American poetry for her introspective, lyrical work. Recipient of the Lannan Award and an NEA Fellowship, she has also contributed to the transmission of poetry through university teaching.
Quotes
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There is no glamour here, little drama. Her subjects are prosaic, but her prose captures the internal rhythms of both memory and casual speech, and has been wrenched into a fierce lyricism. Clary's poetry is a gymnastic of mind. We may feel submerged, lost in someone else's thought, but her poems are maps, and Clary leads us surely through a maze we discover is nothing less than the rich pattern of a life.
Source: Review of 'Who Whispered Near Me' by Gary Young (1989)
Trivia
- Began crafting poetry at age 12.
- Has taught at the University of California, Irvine and at the University of Iowa.