Asian American Literary Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (2005) Winner
Srikanth Reddy
スリカント・レディ
Srikanth Reddy
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1973 （United States）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
Career
- Occupations
- poet, scholar, writer, professor
- Active Years
- 2000-2025
- Affiliations
- University of Chicago, Department of English
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | Faculty of Arts and Sciences | — | Bachelor of Arts | — | United States |
| University of Iowa (Iowa Writers' Workshop) | MFA Program | — | Master of Fine Arts (MFA) | — | United States |
| Harvard University (PhD) | Graduate School | — | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) | — | United States |
Harvard University
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Country:
United States
University of Iowa (Iowa Writers' Workshop)
MFA Program
Degree:
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Country:
United States
Received MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop
Harvard University (PhD)
Graduate School
Degree:
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Country:
United States
Earned a PhD from Harvard University
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Creative Capital Award | Underworld Lit | — | Creative Capital | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
受賞
Creative Capital Award
2013
Work:
Underworld Lit
Organization:
Creative Capital
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
2018
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Facts for Visitors: Poems
2004 PoetryEarly collection of poems exploring memory, personal history, and observation.
memorypersonal history
Voyager
2011 PoetryA poetic work that interweaves space exploration with personal and political inquiry.
spacescienceimmigrant experience
Readings in World Literature
2012 Essays / CriticismA collection of critical essays on readings in world literature.
comparative literaturecriticism
Changing Subjects: Digressions in Modern American Poetry
2012 Scholarly book / CriticismA study on digressions and transformations of subjectivity in modern American poetry.
modern poetrycritical theory
Underworld Lit
2020 PoetryA poetry collection that probes modern social specters, violence, and attention to the voiceless.
social violencememoryethics
The Unsignificant
2024 PoetryA recent collection focusing on small events and often overlooked voices.
minor voicesobservation
Bibliography
- Facts for Visitors: Poems (2004)
- Voyager (2011)
- Readings in World Literature (2012)
- Changing Subjects: Digressions in Modern American Poetry (2012)
- Underworld Lit (2020)
- The Unsignificant (2024)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- experimental, intellectually driven poetryblend of critical and scholarly prose with lyricism
- Recurring Motifs
- memory and personal historyimmigrant experience and identityscientific and cosmic imagerycity life and social violence
Legacy
Recognized as an important voice in contemporary American poetry, influential both as a poet and scholar; has held editorial and judging roles at major presses and journals.
Archives
- University of Chicago Department of English archives
Trivia
- Delivered the Bagley Wright Lectures in Poetry in fall 2015.
- Served as a judge for the 2019 Griffin Poetry Prize.
- Announced in October 2021 as editor of the Phoenix Poets series at University of Chicago Press.
- Assumed the role of poetry editor for The Paris Review in December 2022.