James Laughlin Award
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Edition 46 (1999) Winner
Victorine "Tory" Dent
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Victorine "Tory" Dent
Pen Names:
Tory Dent（Name used professionally for poetry and criticism (given name Victorine Dent)）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1958-01-01 （Wilmington, Delaware, United States）
- Died
- 2005-12-30 （East Village, Manhattan, New York City, United States） age 47
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- New York City (primarily in adulthood) → Maine (part-time/residence)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, art critic, commentator
- Active Years
- 1981-2005
- Influenced By
- Influenced
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnard College | — | — | 学士 | 1977–1981 | United States |
| New York University | — | Creative Writing | 修士 | — | United States |
Barnard College
Degree:
学士
Period:
1977–1981
Year of Graduation:
1981
Country:
United States
New York University
Creative Writing
Degree:
修士
Country:
United States
Master's degree obtained (year not specified)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | James Laughlin Award | HIV, Mon Amour | — | Academy of American Poets | 受賞 |
| 1999 | National Book Critics Circle Award (finalist) | HIV, Mon Amour | — | National Book Critics Circle | 最終候補（ファイナリスト） |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | Guggenheim Foundation | 助成（年不詳） |
| 1996 | Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award | — | — | Rona Jaffe Foundation | 受賞 |
| — | PEN American Center Grants for Writers with AIDS | — | — | PEN America | 助成（複数） |
| — | New York Foundation for the Arts grant | — | — | New York Foundation for the Arts | 助成 |
| — | Money for Women / Barbara Deming Memorial Fund | — | — | Barbara Deming Memorial Fund | 助成 |
James Laughlin Award
1999
Work:
HIV, Mon Amour
Organization:
Academy of American Poets
Result:
受賞
National Book Critics Circle Award (finalist)
1999
Work:
HIV, Mon Amour
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
最終候補（ファイナリスト）
Guggenheim Fellowship
Organization:
Guggenheim Foundation
Result:
助成（年不詳）
Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award
1996
Organization:
Rona Jaffe Foundation
Result:
受賞
PEN American Center Grants for Writers with AIDS
Organization:
PEN America
Result:
助成（複数）
New York Foundation for the Arts grant
Organization:
New York Foundation for the Arts
Result:
助成
Money for Women / Barbara Deming Memorial Fund
Organization:
Barbara Deming Memorial Fund
Result:
助成
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
What Silence Equals
1993 poetryAn early collection of poems addressing silence, personal experience, and social themes.
silencepersonal experience
HIV, Mon Amour
1999 poetryA collection of poems centered on the author's experience living with HIV. Directly examines illness, mortality, and the meaning of life; awarded the James Laughlin Award.
HIV/AIDSillness and mortalitybodily experience
Black Milk
2005 poetryA late collection written as illness progressed; contains poems confronting deepening disease and its effects.
progression of illnessdeath and loss
Bibliography
- What Silence Equals (Persea Books, 1993)
- HIV, Mon Amour (Sheep Meadow Press, 1999)
- Black Milk (Sheep Meadow Press, 2005)
- Contributions to anthologies (Life Sentences; The Exact Change Yearbook; In the Company of my Solitude; Things Shaped in Passing, etc.)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- frank, confessional poetic voiceessayistic elements linking personal experience and social issues
- Recurring Motifs
- illness and the bodydeath and lossurban lifeart and representation
Health
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HIV infection1988–2005Became a central subject of her work; many poems address the struggle with illness and the meaning of life.
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)2005Died in 2005 of complications associated with PML.
Legacy
Tory Dent is regarded as a poet who candidly transformed her experience with HIV into poetry. Known for engaging social and political issues in her work, she received multiple grants and awards recognizing her achievements.
Academic Societies
- Academy of American Poets (listed/mentioned)
In Popular Culture
- Frequently cited in anthologies and academic discussions related to HIV/AIDS literature.
Trivia
- Married writer Sean Harvey in 1999.
- Diagnosed with HIV at age 30.
- Died on December 30, 2005, in her East Village apartment of complications related to PML.