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Penelope Scambly Schott

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Penelope Scambly Schott

Aliases: Penelope Schott

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
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Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Portland, Oregon

Career

Occupations
Poet, Professor of English
Active Years
1974-2021
Affiliations
Raritan Valley Community College, Rutgers University, Thomas Edison State University

Awards

Turning Point Poetry Prize
2004
Work: Almost Learning to Live in This World
Category: Poetry
Result: Winner
Orphic Prize
Result: Winner
New Jersey State Council on the Arts fellowship
Organization: New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Result: Recipient
Oregon Book Award
2008
Work: A Is for Anne: Mistress Hutchinson Disturbs the Commonwealth
Category: Poetry
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

A Is for Anne: Mistress Hutchinson Disturbs the Commonwealth

2007 Poetry

A narrative poem disturbing the commonwealth featuring Mistress Hutchinson.

FeminismHistory

Penelope: The Story of the Half-Scalped Woman

1998 Narrative Poem

The story of the half-scalped woman.

FeminismHistory

The Pest Maiden: A Story Of Lobotomy

2004 Poetry

A story of lobotomy in poetry.

Medical HistoryWomen

Bibliography

  • Imitatio Redux
  • My grandparents were married for sixty-five years
  • A Little Ignorance
  • The Perfect Mother
  • Penelope: The Story of the Half-Scalped Woman
  • Almost Learning to Live in This World
  • The Pest Maiden: A Story Of Lobotomy
  • Baiting the Void
  • A is for Anne: Mistress Hutchinson Disturbs the Commonwealth
  • Six Lips
  • Crow Mercies
  • Lillie Was a Goddess, Lillie Was a Whore
  • Love Song for Dufur: Poems
  • How I Became an Historian
  • Sophia and Mister Walter Whitman

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Feminist poetryNarrative poetry
Recurring Motifs
Women's historyMedicine and body

Legacy

Known as an American feminist poet, she has published numerous poetry collections and won the Oregon Book Award.

Trivia

  • Year of birth missing
  • Writer residing in Portland, Oregon