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Kevin D. Prufer (born 1969 in Cleveland, Ohio ) is an American poet , novelist , academic , editor , and essayist . He is Professor of English in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston.
Prufer graduated from Western Reserve Academy in 1988. He received a B.A. at Wesleyan University and an M.A. at the Hollins University Writing Program. He went on to earn an MFA at Washington University in St. Louis . He is currently Professor of English in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston and Editor-at-Large of Pleiades: A Journal of New Writing [1] American Book Review [2] National Book Critics Circle .[3] Houston, Texas , with artist and critic Mary Hallab.[4]
He has published poems, essays, and reviews in literary journals and magazines including The Paris Review , American Poetry Review , Poetry , A Public Space , AGNI , The New Republic , The Kenyon Review ,[4] Boston Review , Georgia Review The Best American Poetry
His honors include four Pushcart Prizes , and awards from the Poetry Society of America , the Academy of American Poets , The Lannan Foundation and other organizations. His first book, Strange Wood , received the 1997 Lena-Miles Wever Todd Poetry Prize (formerly the Winthrop Prize).[5] National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship in Poetry.[6]
Published works [ edit ]
Full-Length Books
Strange Wood (Louisiana State University Press , 1998)
The Finger Bone (Carnegie Mellon University Press , 2002)
Fallen from a Chariot (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2005)
National Anthem (Four Way Books , 2008)
In A Beautiful Country (Four Way Books, 2011)
Churches (Four Way Books, 2014)
How He Loved Them (Four Way Books, 2018)
The Art of Fiction (Four Way Books, 2021)
The Fears (Copper Canyon Press, 2023)
Sleepaway: a Novel (Acre Books, 2024)
Anthologies Edited
The New Young American Poets (Southern Illinois University Press , 2000)
Dark Horses: Poets on Overlooked Poems (University of Illinois Press , 2007, with Joy Katz )
New European Poets (Graywolf Press , 2008, with Wayne Miller)
Dunstan Thompson: On the Life & Work of a Lost American Master (Pleiades Press , 2010, with D. A. Powell )
Until Everything is Continuous Again: On the Work of W. S. Merwin (WordFarm , 2012, with Jonathan Weinert)
Russell Atkins : On the Life and Work of an American MasterMichael Dumanis )
Catherine Breese Davis: On the Life and Work of an American Master (Unsung Masters Series, 2015, with Martha Collins and Martin Rock)
Literary Publishing in the 21st Century (Milkweed Editions, 2016, with Wayne Miller and Travis Kurowski)
Into English: Poems, Translations, Commentaries (Graywolf Press , 2017, with Martha Collins)
Poetry Collections In Translation
Wir wollten Amerika finden (Luxbooks , 2011) (German translation by Norbert Lange and Susanna Mewe)
Himno Nacional (Bartleby Editores , 2021) (Spanish translation by multiple translators)
Honors and awards [ edit ]
1997 Lena-Miles Wever Todd Poetry Prize
2002 Pushcart Prize
Best American Poetry 2003
2004 George Bogin Memorial Award
2004 Pushcart Prize
2006 George Bogin Memorial Award
2007 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship in Poetry
2007 Pushcart Prize
Best American Poetry 2009
2009 Finalist, The Poets Prize
Best American Poetry 2010
2010 Lannan Foundation Fellowship
2011 Finalist, The Rilke Prize
2012 Academy of American Poets Notable Book
2013 Finalist, The Poets Prize
2014 The New York Times "Ten Favorite Poetry Books of 2014" for Churches
2016 Pushcart Prize
2018 Lyric Prize of the Poetry Society of America
2019 Long-list, the Pulitzer Prize for poetry
2019 Winner, The Julie Suk Award for the best poetry book from the American literary press
2019 Finalist, The Rilke Prize for the best book by a mid-career American poet
Best American Poetry 2021
References [ edit ]
^ "American Book Review" . LitLine. Archived from the original on 2007-01-05. Retrieved 2006-12-15 .
^ "Board of Directors" . National Book Critics Circle. Archived from the original on July 10, 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-15 .
^ a b Prufer, Kevin. "Kevin Prufer" . Retrieved 2006-12-15 .
^ "Kevin D. Prufer" . PoetryMagazine.com. Archived from the original on 2006-11-16. Retrieved 2006-12-15 .
^ "FY 2007 Grant Awards: Literature Fellowships in Poetry" . National Endowment for the Arts . Archived from the original on 2007-02-06. Retrieved 2006-12-20 .
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