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Sarah Riggs

サラ・リッグス

Sara Riggusu

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1971-01-01 (New York City)
Nationality
United States
Languages
English, French
Residence History
New York City

Career

Occupations
poet, filmmaker, visual artist, translator
Active Years
2002-2025
Affiliations
Tamaas, Double Change
Memberships
Double Change
Influenced By
Etel Adnan, Michael Palmer, Cecilia Vicuña, Anne Waldman
Nominations
Lambda Literary Award Finalist (2020, TIME)

Education

Amherst College
Literature
Degree: B.A.
Country: United States
University of Michigan
English
Degree: Ph.D.
Country: United States

Awards

Griffin Poetry Prize
2020
Work: TIME (Etel Adnan, trans.)
Category: 翻訳詩部門
Organization: Griffin Trust
Result: 受賞
Best Translated Book Award
2020
Work: TIME (Etel Adnan, trans.)
Category: 詩部門
Result: 受賞
1913 Press Poetry Prize
2015
Work: Pomme & Granite
Organization: 1913 Press
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Lines

2025 Poetry

Poetry collection

emotionnature

The Nerve Epistle

2021 Poetry

Poetry collection

Pomme & Granite

2015 Poetry

Poetry Prize winner

Bibliography

  • Lines (2025)
  • The Nerve Epistle (2021)
  • Eavesdrop (2020)
  • Pomme & Granite (2015)
  • Autobiography of Envelopes (2012)
  • 60 Textos (2010)

Translations by Author

  • TIME (Etel Adnan, 2019)
  • Another Room to Live In: 15 Contemporary Arab Poets (2024)

Translations of Works

  • Murmurations (French trans., 2021)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
experimental poetryvisual poetry
Recurring Motifs
translationmultilingualism

Legacy

Known as a contemporary American experimental poet and translator. Griffin Poetry Prize winner.