Whiting Awards
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Edition 10 (1994) Winner
Wayne Koestenbaum
ウェイン・コーステンバウム
Uein Kōstenbaumu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1958-01-01 （San Jose, California）
- Nationality
- United States, American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- San Jose, California → New York City
Career
- Occupations
- poet, cultural critic, artist, professor
- Active Years
- 1989-2024
- Affiliations
- CUNY Graduate Center, Yale University
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | — | — | B.A. | — | United States |
| Johns Hopkins University | — | Writing Seminars | M.A. | — | United States |
| Princeton University | — | — | Ph.D. | 1984-1988 | United States |
Harvard University
Degree:
B.A.
Country:
United States
B.A. received
Johns Hopkins University
Writing Seminars
Degree:
M.A.
Country:
United States
M.A. received
Princeton University
Degree:
Ph.D.
Period:
1984-1988
Country:
United States
Ph.D. received
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | Guggenheim Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2020 | American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1989 | Discovery/The Nation Poetry Award | — | — | — | 共同受賞 |
Guggenheim Fellowship
2023
Organization:
Guggenheim Foundation
Result:
受賞
American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature
2020
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
Whiting Award
1994
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
受賞
Discovery/The Nation Poetry Award
1989
Result:
共同受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Ode to Anna Moffo and Other Poems
1990 PoetryFirst poetry collection featuring syllabic verse and fixed forms.
operagay culture
The Queen's Throat
1993 CriticismExploration of gay men's affinity for opera.
operahomosexualitymasculinity
Humiliation
2011 EssayBook on the meaning of humiliation.
humiliationemotion
The Pink Trance Notebooks
2015 PoetryExperiment in trance writing.
trancefree association
Bibliography
- Ode to Anna Moffo and Other Poems (1990)
- Rhapsodies of A Repeat Offender (1994)
- The Milk of Inquiry (1999)
- Model Homes (2004)
- Best-Selling Jewish Porn Films (2006)
- Blue Stranger With Mosaic Background (2012)
- The Pink Trance Notebooks (2015)
- Camp Marmalade (2018)
- Double Talk: The Erotics of Male Literary Collaboration (1989)
- The Queen's Throat (1993)
- Jackie Under My Skin (1995)
- Cleavage: Essays on Sex, Stars, and Aesthetics (2000)
- Andy Warhol (2001)
- Humiliation (2011)
- The Anatomy of Harpo Marx (2012)
- My 1980s and Other Essays (2013)
- Notes on Glaze (2016)
- Figure It Out (2020)
- Moira Orfei in Aigues-Mortes (2004)
- Hotel Theory (2007)
- The Cheerful Scapegoat: Fables (2021)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- syllabic versefixed formstrance writingexperimental
- Recurring Motifs
- operagay culturecelebrityhumiliation
Legacy
American poet, cultural critic, and artist known for work across genres, with over 20 books published.
Trivia
- Son of writer Phyllis Koestenbaum and consultant Peter Koestenbaum.
- Discovered opera, literature, and gay culture in New York.