Willis Barnstone Translation Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (2014) Winner
Roger Sedarat
ロジャー・セダラト
Rōjā Sedarato
Pen Names:
Haji（Used for poetry and dramatic performances challenging oppressive regimes, the construct of poetry, and Western gaze on the Middle East）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- Normal, Illinois
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English, Persian
- Residence History
- Normal, Illinois (birth) → San Antonio, Texas (grew up) → New York (current, Queens College)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, scholar, literary translator
- Active Years
- 2007-2019
- Affiliations
- Queens College, City University of New York, English Department
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Texas at Austin | — | English | — | — | United States |
| Queens College, City University of New York | — | English/Creative Writing | MA | — | United States |
| Tufts University | — | English | PhD | — | United States |
University of Texas at Austin
English
Country:
United States
Undergraduate attendance
Queens College, City University of New York
English/Creative Writing
Degree:
MA
Country:
United States
MA in English/Creative Writing
Tufts University
English
Degree:
PhD
Country:
United States
PhD in English
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Hollis Summers Prize | Dear Regime: Letters to the Islamic Republic | — | Ohio University Press | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Willis Barnstone Prize Award in Translation | Nature and Nostalgia in the Poetry of Nader Naderpour | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Tenth Gate Prize | Haji as Puppet: an Orientalist Burlesque | 中堅詩人部門 | Word Works | 受賞 |
Hollis Summers Prize
2007
Work:
Dear Regime: Letters to the Islamic Republic
Organization:
Ohio University Press
Result:
受賞
Willis Barnstone Prize Award in Translation
2015
Work:
Nature and Nostalgia in the Poetry of Nader Naderpour
Result:
受賞
Tenth Gate Prize
2017
Work:
Haji as Puppet: an Orientalist Burlesque
Category:
中堅詩人部門
Organization:
Word Works
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Dear Regime: Letters to the Islamic Republic
2008 Poetry collectionPoetry collection in the form of letters to the Islamic Republic.
Islamic Republichybrid identity
Ghazal Games
2011 Poetry collection
Ghazal
Foot Faults: Tennis Poems
2016 Poetry collection
Tennis
Haji as Puppet: an Orientalist Burlesque
2017 Poetry collection
Orientalism
Bibliography
- Dear Regime: Letters to the Islamic Republic
- Ghazal Games
- Foot Faults: Tennis Poems
- Haji as Puppet: an Orientalist Burlesque
- Eco-Logic of the Word Lamb/Translations & Imitations
- From Tehran to Texas
- New England Landscape History in America Poetry: a Lacanian View
- Emerson in Iran: the American Appropriation of Persian Poetry
- Nature and Nostalgia in the Poetry of Nader Naderpour (co-author and co-translator)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Crossing post-modern American tradition with classical Persian traditionReproducing hybrid identity in verse
- Recurring Motifs
- Persian poetic elementsOrientalism critique
Legacy
Iranian-American poet and scholar known for blending classical Persian and postmodern American traditions, with significant academic work on Persian influences in American poetry, particularly Emerson.