Oregon Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 33 (2019) Winner
Matthew Minicucci
マシュー・ミニクッチ
マシュー・ミニクッチ
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1981-01-28 （Boston, Massachusetts）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English, Attic Greek, Homeric Greek, Latin
- Residence History
- Boston
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Teacher
- Active Years
- 2013-2025
- Affiliations
- Ninth Letter Advisory Board, Silk Road Review Senior Poetry Editor, University of Alabama Blount Scholars Program Senior Fellow
- Influenced By
- Brigit Pegeen Kelly, Tyehimba Jess, A. Van Jordan
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Massachusetts Amherst | — | Classical Literature and Languages | BA | — | United States |
| University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | — | Creative Writing | MFA | — | United States |
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Classical Literature and Languages
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Creative Writing
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Wick Poetry Prize | Translation | Poetry | Kent State University Press | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Oregon Book Award | Small Gods | Stafford/Hall Poetry | Literary Arts | 受賞 |
Wick Poetry Prize
2015
Work:
Translation
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Kent State University Press
Result:
受賞
Oregon Book Award
2019
Work:
Small Gods
Category:
Stafford/Hall Poetry
Organization:
Literary Arts
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Translation: Poems
2015 PoetryA collection invoking ancient history and myth to make sense of personal loss.
LossAncient Myth
Small Gods: Poems
2017 PoetryPoems with rich lexicon, precise and lush, philosophical.
PhilosophyNature
Dual: Poems
2023 PoetryReliquary: Poems
2013 Poetry (chapbook)Explores themes using Stations of the Cross.
Stations of the CrossLoss
Bibliography
- Translation (2015)
- Small Gods (2017)
- Dual (2023)
- Reliquary (2013)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- New FormalismRich lexiconPrecise and lush
- Recurring Motifs
- Personal lossAncient history and mythStations of the Cross
Legacy
American poet known for New Formalism, winner of several awards including Oregon Book Award.
Quotes
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The lexicon is inordinately rich, somehow both precise and lush. And the poems are insistently but never portentously philosophical...
Source: 2019 Oregon Book Award judge Forrest Gander (2019)