Arab American Book Award
2 appearances
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Edition 6 (2012) Winner
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Edition 8 (2014) Winner
Philip Metres
フィリップ・メトレス
Philip Metres
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1970-07-04 （San Diego, California, U.S.）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Chicago (grew up) → Cleveland, Ohio (resides) → Indiana University Bloomington (studied)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, translator, essayist, scholar, professor
- Active Years
- 1992-
- Affiliations
- John Carroll University (Professor of English; Director, Peace, Justice, and Human Rights program), Vermont College of Fine Arts (Core faculty, MFA program)
- Influenced By
- Sergey Gandlevsky, Lev Rubinstein, Arseny Tarkovsky
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of the Holy Cross | — | English | BA | — | United States |
| Indiana University Bloomington | — | English | MA | — | United States |
| Indiana University Bloomington | — | Poetry (MFA) | MFA | — | United States |
| Indiana University Bloomington | — | English (PhD) | PhD | — | United States |
College of the Holy Cross
English
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
Graduated magna cum laude
Indiana University Bloomington
English
Degree:
MA
Country:
United States
Indiana University Bloomington
Poetry (MFA)
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
Indiana University Bloomington
English (PhD)
Degree:
PhD
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | William Carlos Williams Award | Fugitive/Refuge | — | Poetry Society/Academy-affiliated organizations | Winner |
| 2024 | Pushcart Prize | — | — | Pushcart Press | Winner |
| 2022 | Stephen Mitchell Prize for Translation | — | 翻訳賞 | Translation prize organization | Winner |
| 2020 | Guggenheim Fellowship (Poetry) | — | フェローシップ | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | Recipient |
| 2019 | Arab American Book Award (Non-Fiction) | — | — | Arab American Book Awards | Winner |
| 2019 | Adrienne Rich Award for Poetry | — | 詩 | Award organization | Winner |
| 2015 | Lannan Literary Fellowship | — | フェローシップ | Lannan Foundation | Recipient |
| 2013 | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship | — | フェローシップ | National Endowment for the Arts | Recipient |
William Carlos Williams Award
2025
Work:
Fugitive/Refuge
Organization:
Poetry Society/Academy-affiliated organizations
Result:
Winner
Pushcart Prize
2024
Organization:
Pushcart Press
Result:
Winner
Stephen Mitchell Prize for Translation
2022
Category:
翻訳賞
Organization:
Translation prize organization
Result:
Winner
Guggenheim Fellowship (Poetry)
2020
Category:
フェローシップ
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
Recipient
Arab American Book Award (Non-Fiction)
2019
Organization:
Arab American Book Awards
Result:
Winner
Adrienne Rich Award for Poetry
2019
Category:
詩
Organization:
Award organization
Result:
Winner
Lannan Literary Fellowship
2015
Category:
フェローシップ
Organization:
Lannan Foundation
Result:
Recipient
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
2013
Category:
フェローシップ
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
Recipient
Awards & Nominations
Lannan Literary Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 198 (2015, held 5 times in year) Fellowship
Works
Major Works
Fugitive/Refuge
2024 PoetryA collection of poems addressing war, refuge, memory, and peace, weaving personal history with international events.
war/peacerefuge and displacementmemory
Ochre & Rust: New Selected Poems of Sergey Gandlevsky
2023 Translated poetry (selected)A new selected poems of Sergey Gandlevsky translated and edited by Metres.
contemporary Russian poetrytranslation
Shrapnel Maps
2020 PoetryA poetry collection that maps the fragmented memories and echoes of war.
warmemorymaps/geography
Pictures at an Exhibition
2016 PoetryA collection of poems exploring contemporary experience through images and memory.
visualitymemoryhistory
Sand Opera
2015 PoetryA poetry collection addressing personal and political themes, demonstrating layered voices and narratives.
familypoliticsnarrative voice
I Burned at the Feast: Selected Poems of Arseny Tarkovsky
2015 Translated poetry (selected)A selected translation of Arseny Tarkovsky's poems by Metres.
Russian poetrytranslationmemory
To See the Earth
2008 PoetryAn earlier collection engaging political and ethical questions poetically.
ethicspoliticspublic memory
Bibliography
- Fugitive/Refuge (2024)
- Ochre & Rust: New Selected Poems of Sergey Gandlevsky (2023)
- Shrapnel Maps (2020)
- Pictures at an Exhibition (2016)
- Sand Opera (2015)
- I Burned at the Feast: Selected Poems of Arseny Tarkovsky (2015, translation)
- To See the Earth (2008)
- Catalogue of Comedic Novelties: Selected Poems of Lev Rubinstein (2004, translation)
- A Kindred Orphanhood: Selected Poems of Sergey Gandlevsky (2003, translation)
Translations by Author
- Selected poems of Sergey Gandlevsky (translation)
- Poems of Lev Rubinstein (translation)
- Selected poems of Arseny Tarkovsky (translation)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- engaged poetry (addresses social and political themes)mix of lyric and documentary modesmulti-voiced expression through translation
- Recurring Motifs
- war and its aftermathexile and refugeesmemory and family historypeace and nonviolence
Legacy
Philip Metres is a significant voice in contemporary American poetry, recognized for work on war and peace, displacement and memory, and for translations of Russian poets. His academic and pedagogical activities, together with numerous awards, bridge poetic practice and public discourse.
Trivia
- Of Lebanese descent on his father's side and an active figure in Arab-American literary circles.
- Married to writer Amy Breau and resides in Cleveland with his family.
- Received a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship (1992–93), during which he began translating contemporary Russian poetry.
- Recipient of multiple Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards.