Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 98 (2016) Winner
Peter Balakian
ピーター・バラキアン
Pītā Barakian
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1951-06-13 （Teaneck, New Jersey）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Teaneck and Tenafly, New Jersey
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Nonfiction writer, Scholar, Professor
- Active Years
- 1979-
- Affiliations
- Colgate University
- Influenced By
- Theodore Roethke, Jack Wheatcroft
- Influenced
- Modern Armenian literature
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucknell University | — | English | BA | — | United States |
| New York University | — | — | MA | — | United States |
| Brown University | — | American Civilization | PhD | — | United States |
Bucknell University
English
Degree:
BA
Year of Graduation:
1973
Country:
United States
New York University
Degree:
MA
Country:
United States
Brown University
American Civilization
Degree:
PhD
Country:
United States
Dissertation on Theodore Roethke
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry | Ozone Journal | Poetry | Columbia University | Winner |
| 1998 | PEN/Albrand Award for Memoir | Black Dog of Fate | Memoir | PEN America | Winner |
| 2005 | Raphael Lemkin Prize | The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response | — | International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies | Winner |
| 2012 | Spendlove Prize for Social Justice | — | — | — | Winner |
| 2016 | Presidential Medal, Republic of Armenia | — | — | Republic of Armenia | Winner |
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
2016
Work:
Ozone Journal
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
Winner
PEN/Albrand Award for Memoir
1998
Work:
Black Dog of Fate
Category:
Memoir
Organization:
PEN America
Result:
Winner
Raphael Lemkin Prize
2005
Work:
The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response
Organization:
International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Result:
Winner
Spendlove Prize for Social Justice
2012
Result:
Winner
Presidential Medal, Republic of Armenia
2016
Organization:
Republic of Armenia
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Ozone Journal
2015 PoetryA book of poems exploring the Armenian Genocide and personal history. Pulitzer Prize winner.
Armenian GenocideHistorical memoryTrauma
Black Dog of Fate
1997 MemoirMemoir of discovering family history of the Armenian Genocide.
IdentityGenocide memoryFamily history
Translations
- Translated into Armenian
The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response
2003 HistoryHistory of the Armenian Genocide and U.S. response.
Armenian GenocideHuman rightsHistory
Bibliography
- Father Fisheye (1979)
- Sad Days of Light (1983)
- Reply From Wilderness Island (1988)
- Dyer's Thistle (1996)
- June-Tree: New and Selected Poems 1974-2000 (2001)
- Ziggurat (2010)
- Ozone Journal (2015)
- No Sign (2022)
- Theodore Roethke's Far Fields (1989)
- Vise and Shadow (2015)
Translations by Author
- Bloody News From My Friend (Siamanto)
- Armenian Golgotha (Grigoris Balakian)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- LyricalInterweaving historical contextIntersection of personal and public history
- Recurring Motifs
- Armenian GenocideTrauma and memoryHolocaust
Legacy
Renowned for poetry and prose on the Armenian Genocide, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and advocate for social justice.
In Popular Culture
- Appears in documentaries on Armenian Genocide
Quotes
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Poetry in particular has a great capacity to absorb history, and to make historical memory a dynamic contemporary force.
Source: New York Times interview (2016)
Trivia
- Great-great-nephew of Bishop Grigoris Balakian
- Nephew of Nona Balakian and Anna Balakian
- Director of Creative Writing at Colgate University