T. S. Eliot Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 32 (2024) Winner
Peter Gizzi
ピーター・ギジ
Pītā Gizzi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1959 （Alma, Michigan）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- Alma, Michigan → Pittsfield, Massachusetts → New York City → Amherst, Massachusetts
Career
- Occupations
- poet, essayist, editor, teacher
- Active Years
- 1987-2024
- Affiliations
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, The Nation, Conjunctions
- Influenced By
- George Oppen, H.D., Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, Federico García Lorca, Charles Baudelaire, Arthur Rimbaud, Jack Spicer
- Nominations
- National Book Award Finalist (Archeophonics, 2016)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York University | — | — | — | — | United States |
| Brown University | — | — | — | — | United States |
| University at Buffalo | — | — | — | — | United States |
New York University
Country:
United States
Brown University
Country:
United States
University at Buffalo
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Lavan Younger Poets Award | Periplum | — | Academy of American Poets | 受賞 |
| 2024 | Massachusetts Book Awards Poetry Award | Fierce Elegy | Poetry | Massachusetts Book Awards | 受賞 |
| 2024 | T. S. Eliot Prize | Fierce Elegy | — | — | 受賞 |
Lavan Younger Poets Award
1994
Work:
Periplum
Organization:
Academy of American Poets
Result:
受賞
Massachusetts Book Awards Poetry Award
2024
Work:
Fierce Elegy
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Massachusetts Book Awards
Result:
受賞
T. S. Eliot Prize
2024
Work:
Fierce Elegy
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Fierce Elegy
2023 PoetryA collection providing an ongoing sense of loss coupled with resistance.
lossresistance
Archeophonics
2016 PoetryContinued investigation of language; title refers to excavation of lost sounds.
languagesound
Threshold Songs
2011 PoetrySeries of poetic elegies investigating the role of the lyric poet.
elegyvoice
The Outernationale
2007 PoetryInvestigates language, knowledge, experience with implied political stance.
languagepolitics
Some Values of Landscape and Weather
2003 PoetrySustained examination of public/private spaces and reflection on war.
landscapewar
Bibliography
- Fierce Elegy
- Now It's Dark
- Sky Burial: New and Selected Poems
- Archeophonics
- Periplum
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyric poet writing as modern troubadourallusive and oblique
- Recurring Motifs
- investigation of languagepublic and private spacesloss and resistance
Legacy
Important contemporary American poet known for innovative language and lyricism, winner of T.S. Eliot Prize and others.
Trivia
- Italian American.
- Brother of the late poet Michael Gizzi.
- Founded o•blék: a journal of language arts.