Walt Whitman Award
1 appearances
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Edition 46 (2020) Winner
Threa Almontaser
スレア・アルモンタサー
Threa Almontaser
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Poet, ESL teacher
- Active Years
- 2010-
- Nominations
- National Book Award (nominated), NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (nominated), PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry (nominated)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina State University | — | — | MFA / TESOL certification | — | United States |
North Carolina State University
Degree:
MFA / TESOL certification
Country:
United States
Earned an MFA in Creative Writing and a TESOL certification
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Walt Whitman Award | The Wild Fox of Yemen | — | Academy of American Poets | winner |
| — | Maya Angelou Book Award | The Wild Fox of Yemen | — | — | recipient |
| — | Arab American Book Award | The Wild Fox of Yemen | — | — | recipient |
| — | Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize | The Wild Fox of Yemen | — | Brooklyn Public Library | recipient |
Walt Whitman Award
2020
Work:
The Wild Fox of Yemen
Organization:
Academy of American Poets
Result:
winner
Maya Angelou Book Award
Work:
The Wild Fox of Yemen
Result:
recipient
Arab American Book Award
Work:
The Wild Fox of Yemen
Result:
recipient
Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize
Work:
The Wild Fox of Yemen
Organization:
Brooklyn Public Library
Result:
recipient
Awards & Nominations
Arab American Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 16 (2022) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Wild Fox of Yemen
2021 PoetryA poetry collection exploring Yemeni-American identity, movement, language, and family. The poems intertwine personal memory with historical and political contexts.
identitymigration / diasporalanguagefamilymemory
Bibliography
- The Wild Fox of Yemen
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- colloquial and experimental poetic formsuse of fragmented imagery and breaks in narrativewriting that probes intersections of culture and language
- Recurring Motifs
- exile and movementdomestic and familial scenesinstability of languageanimal imagery (the fox motif)
Legacy
A poet whose debut received broad national recognition. Winner of the Walt Whitman Award and recipient of multiple honors and nominations, she has become a notable voice in contemporary American poetry, particularly for work addressing immigration, diaspora, and language.
Trivia
- Her debut collection The Wild Fox of Yemen won the Walt Whitman Award and was nominated for several major prizes.
- She teaches English to immigrants and refugees in her community.
- Recipient of an Unsilenced Grant for Muslim American Women Writers and has received support from Duke, the NEA, and the Fulbright Program.