National Poetry Series
1 appearances
Mark Levine
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Mark Levine
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1965-01-01 （New York (state), U.S.）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Writer, Non-fiction writer, University teacher
- Active Years
- 1990-
- Affiliations
- University of Montana (faculty), University of Iowa (faculty)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown University | — | — | BA | — | United States |
| University of Iowa (Iowa Writers' Workshop) | — | — | MFA | — | United States |
Brown University
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
University of Iowa (Iowa Writers' Workshop)
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
Graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Whiting Award | — | — | The Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1993 | National Poetry Series (selection) | Debt | — | National Poetry Series | 選出 |
| — | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | フェローシップ |
Whiting Award
1993
Organization:
The Whiting Foundation
Result:
受賞
National Poetry Series (selection)
1993
Work:
Debt
Organization:
National Poetry Series
Result:
選出
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
フェローシップ
Awards & Nominations
Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (1993) Winner
Works
Major Works
Debt
1993 PoetryEarly collection of poems exploring personal debts, history and memory. Selected for the National Poetry Series.
memorydebthistory
Enola Gay
2000 PoetryA poetry collection titled after the bomber Enola Gay, dealing with war, technology, and personal and collective memory.
wartechnologymemory
The Wilds
2006 PoetryA collection that includes images and reflections on nature and the wild, exploring the intersection of landscape and self.
naturesolitudelandscape
Travels of Marco
2016 PoetryA collection of poems that reexamine history and culture through travel, linking personal experience with broad geographic perspectives.
travelhistoryculture
Sound Fury
PoetryContains poems themed around sound and fury (details not widely published).
soundanger
F5
Non-fictionA non-fiction book; detailed public information is limited.
reportageevents
Bibliography
- Debt (1993)
- Enola Gay (2000)
- The Wilds (2006)
- Travels of Marco (2016)
- Sound Fury
- F5 (non-fiction)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Lyrical yet contemplative style rooted in contemporary poetry traditionsTendency to treat historical and political themes in poetic language
- Recurring Motifs
- memory and debtwar and technologytravel and landscape
Legacy
Mark Levine is an important voice in contemporary American poetry since the 1990s, gaining early recognition through selection by the National Poetry Series and a Whiting Award. He has worked in both poetry and non-fiction and contributed to publications such as The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine.
Trivia
- The poetry collection Debt was selected for the National Poetry Series.
- Won a Whiting Award in 1993.
- Has contributed journalism and essays to The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine.