American Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 45 (2024) Winner
Monica Youn
モニカ・ユン
Monica Youn
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Houston, Texas, U.S.
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Houston (birth / childhood) → Princeton (student / lecturer) → Oxford (graduate study) → New York (legal / policy work) → Irvine (University of California, Irvine faculty)
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Lawyer, University professor
- Active Years
- 1998-
- Affiliations
- University of California, Irvine (creative writing faculty), Brennan Center for Justice (former director, campaign finance reform project), Princeton University (lecturer)
- Influenced By
- Rainer Maria Rilke
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton University | Undergraduate | Comparative Literature / Creative Writing (minor) | B.A. | — | United States |
| University of Oxford | Graduate (M.Phil) | English Literature | M.Phil | — | United Kingdom |
| Yale Law School | Law | Law | J.D. | — | United States |
Princeton University
Undergraduate
/ Comparative Literature / Creative Writing (minor)
Degree:
B.A.
Year of Graduation:
1993
Country:
United States
Undergraduate studies with pre-law focus and a minor in creative writing
University of Oxford
Graduate (M.Phil)
/ English Literature
Degree:
M.Phil
Year of Graduation:
1995
Country:
United Kingdom
Attended as a Rhodes Scholar; began publishing poems while at Oxford
Yale Law School
Law
/ Law
Degree:
J.D.
Year of Graduation:
1998
Country:
United States
Received a Stegner Fellowship while at Yale and completed manuscript for first collection
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Stegner Fellowship | — | — | Stanford University | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Witter Bynner Fellowship | — | — | Library of Congress / Poetry Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2010 | National Book Award (Poetry) | Ignatz | — | National Book Foundation | 最終候補（Finalist） |
| 2016 | National Book Award (Poetry) — Longlist | Blackacre | — | National Book Foundation | 長期候補（Longlist） |
| 2017 | William Carlos Williams Award | Blackacre | — | Poetry Society of America | 受賞 |
| 2017 | National Book Critics Circle Award (Poetry) | Blackacre | — | National Book Critics Circle | 最終候補（Finalist） |
| 2017 | PEN Open Book Award | Blackacre | — | PEN America | 最終候補（Finalist） |
| 2018 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Levinson Prize | — | — | Poetry Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2023 | National Book Award (Poetry) | From From | — | National Book Foundation | 最終候補（Finalist） |
| 2024 | Anisfield-Wolf Book Award | From From | — | Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards | 受賞 |
| — | Yaddo (residency) | — | — | Yaddo | 受賞／選出 |
| — | MacDowell Fellowship | — | — | MacDowell Colony | 受賞／選出 |
| — | Rockefeller Foundation / Bellagio residency | — | — | Rockefeller Foundation | 受賞／選出 |
Stegner Fellowship
Organization:
Stanford University
Result:
受賞
Witter Bynner Fellowship
2008
Organization:
Library of Congress / Poetry Foundation
Result:
受賞
National Book Award (Poetry)
2010
Work:
Ignatz
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
最終候補（Finalist）
National Book Award (Poetry) — Longlist
2016
Work:
Blackacre
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
長期候補（Longlist）
William Carlos Williams Award
2017
Work:
Blackacre
Organization:
Poetry Society of America
Result:
受賞
National Book Critics Circle Award (Poetry)
2017
Work:
Blackacre
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
最終候補（Finalist）
PEN Open Book Award
2017
Work:
Blackacre
Organization:
PEN America
Result:
最終候補（Finalist）
Guggenheim Fellowship
2018
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Levinson Prize
2019
Organization:
Poetry Foundation
Result:
受賞
National Book Award (Poetry)
2023
Work:
From From
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
最終候補（Finalist）
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
2024
Work:
From From
Organization:
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Result:
受賞
Yaddo (residency)
Organization:
Yaddo
Result:
受賞／選出
MacDowell Fellowship
Organization:
MacDowell Colony
Result:
受賞／選出
Rockefeller Foundation / Bellagio residency
Organization:
Rockefeller Foundation
Result:
受賞／選出
Awards & Nominations
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 89 (2024) Winner
Works
Major Works
Barter
2003 PoetryFirst collection of poems exploring personal experience and the uses of language.
languagepersonal historyidentity
Ignatz
2010 PoetryA mid-career collection marked by image-driven and formal experimentation; shortlisted for the 2010 National Book Award (Poetry).
linguistic experimentimagerymemory
Blackacre
2016 PoetryA collection addressing law, property, language, and power; winner of the William Carlos Williams Award and longlisted for the 2016 National Book Award.
lawpropertypowerlanguage
From From
2023 PoetryA recent collection mixing formal play with explorations of cultural and personal memory; finalist for the 2023 National Book Award and winner of the 2024 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award.
memoryculturelanguagefamily
Bibliography
- Barter (2003)
- Ignatz (2010)
- Blackacre (2016)
- From From (2023)
- Money, Politics, and the Constitution: Beyond Citizens United (ed., 2011)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Tension between legal/political vocabulary and lyrical languageFormal experimentation and image-driven poetics
- Recurring Motifs
- law and propertypower of languagememory and familyidentity
Legacy
Known for bridging poetry and law, she is recognized as an important voice in contemporary American poetry. Her collections such as Blackacre and From From have received critical acclaim and multiple award recognitions.
Quotes
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A book of Rilke poems I read as a high-schooler was the 'click' that first got me interested in poetry.
Source: Interview / Wikipedia summary
Trivia
- Attended Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.
- Member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States.
- Has combined a legal career with ongoing work as a poet.
- Blackacre was noted for its treatment of law and language.