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Marcus Cafagña

マーカス・カファーニャ

Marcus Cafagna

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1956-12-12 (Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.)
国籍
American
言語
English

経歴

職業
poet, professor
活動期間
1986年〜
所属
Missouri State University (faculty)

学歴

Michigan State University
English
学位: BA
期間: 1982–1986
卒業年: 1986
国: United States
Michigan State University
English
学位: MA
期間: 1986–1989
卒業年: 1989
国: United States
Vermont College of Fine Arts
学位: MFA
期間: 1996–1998
卒業年: 1998
国: United States

受賞歴

National Poetry Series
1995
対象作品: The Broken World: Poems
主催: National Poetry Series
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Broken World: Poems

1996年 poetry

A collection of poems that addresses Midwestern landscapes, personal loss, and family memory. Themes include death, mourning, and renewal, presented with keen observation and introspective voice.

lossfamilyMidwestern landscapemortality

Roman Fever

2001年 poetry

A poetry collection centered on personal history and memories of travel. Poems weave nostalgia for foreign places with fragments of the past.

memorytravelnostalgia

All the Rage in the Afterlife This Season

2023年 poetry

A recent collection exploring boundaries between life and death, mixing anger and dark humor, and reflecting on personal and historical traumas.

afterlifeangerhumortrauma

全著作

  • The Broken World: Poems
  • Roman Fever
  • All the Rage in the Afterlife This Season
  • Contributions to anthologies (selected poems)

作風・主題

文体
concise, observational voicelyricism and introspectionrealist depiction
頻出モチーフ
loss and grieffamily memoryghostly/Dybbuk imageryMidwestern settings

評価・遺産

Marcus Cafagña is a poet and educator known for work addressing Midwestern themes and personal loss; his National Poetry Series win in 1995 and subsequent collections have contributed to contemporary American poetry.

関連学会

  • Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature

資料所蔵先

  • Missouri State University English Department archives (potential holdings)

豆知識

  • His first wife, Dianne Kitsmiller, died in 1993.
  • He and his second wife, Jenn, have a son named Diego.
  • Won the National Poetry Series in 1995; the winning manuscript was published as The Broken World: Poems.