Daniel Borzutzky
American poet (born 1974)
Daniel Borzutzky (born 1974)[ 3] is a Chicago-based poet and translator. His collection The Performance of Becoming Human won the 2016 National Book Award .[ 4]
Biography
Born in 1974 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , the son of Chilean immigrants to the United States,[ 5] Borzutzky in his work often addresses immigration, worker exploitation, political corruption, and economic disparity.[ 6]
He received a BA degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1997 and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2000.[ 1]
Borzutzky has received fellowships from the Illinois Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts .[ 1] He is an Associate Professor of English and Latino Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago .[ 7]
His 2018 collection Lake Michigan was a finalist for the Griffin International Poetry Prize . In 2021, he published Written After a Massacre in the Year 2018 , which was reviewed in The New Yorker and was a finalist for the Chicago Review of Books Poetry Award . His other books include In the Murmurs of the Rotten Carcass Economy ; Memories of my Overdevelopment ; and The Book of Interfering Bodies .
Alongside his writing, Borzutzky is also known for his work as a translator. He received the 2017 American Literary Translators Association National Translation Award for his translation of Galo Ghigliotto's Valdivia (Co-im-press, 2016) and a PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant for his translation of The Country of Planks (Action Books, 2015) by the Chilean poet Raúl Zurita .[ 1]
Works
Poetry
Full-length collections
Written After a Massacre in the Year 2018 . Minneapolis, MN: Coffee House Press. 2021. ISBN 9781566896054 .
Lake Michigan , University of Pittsburgh Press. 2018. ISBN 9780822965220 , OCLC 1007923836
The Performance of Becoming Human Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Arts Press. 2016. ISBN 9781936767465 , OCLC 994060924 [ 8] [ 9]
In the Murmurs of the Rotten Carcass Economy Brooklyn, N.Y.: Nightboat Books. 2015. ISBN 9781937658335 , OCLC 894937620
The Book of Interfering Bodies Brooklyn, N.Y.: Nightboat Books. 2011. ISBN 9780984459827 , OCLC 838471857
The Ecstasy of Capitulation Buffalo, N.Y.: Blaze Vox Books. 2007. ISBN 9781934289242 , OCLC 105635040
Chapbooks
Bedtime Stories for the End of the World Bloof Books, 2014. OCLC 906944426
Data Bodies (Holon, 2013)
Failure in the imagination , Milwaukee, WI: Bronze Skull Press, 2007. OCLC 181911375
Poetry/essay
Translations
Galo Ghigliotto, Valdivia (co•im•press, 2016)
Raúl Zurita , The Country of Planks (Action Books, 2015)
Raúl Zurita, Song for his Disappeared Love (Action Books, 2010)
Jaime Luis Huenún, Port Trakl (Action Books, 2008)
Honors
References
^ a b c d "Daniel Borzutzky" . Poets.org . Academy of American Poets. Retrieved October 21, 2021 .
^ "Students and Alumni: Recent Graduate Accomplishments" . SAIC. Retrieved October 21, 2021 .
^ "Daniel Borzutzky" . Poetry in Voice . Retrieved November 8, 2023 .
^ Alter, Alexandra (November 17, 2016). "Colson Whitehead Wins National Book Award for 'The Underground Railroad' " . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved May 21, 2017 .
^ Dykstra, Kristin (August 16, 2011). "Daniel Borzutzky" . Bomb . Retrieved November 8, 2023 .
^ "2016 National Book Award Winner, Poetry" . National Book Foundation . Retrieved December 26, 2016 .
^ "Borzutzky, Daniel | English | University of Illinois Chicago" .
^ Curley, Jon (March 4, 2017). "Enjambed with Rotten Assets: Daniel Borzutzky's 'The Performance of Becoming Human' " . Hyperallergic . Retrieved January 18, 2018 .
^ Rooney, Kathleen (December 1, 2016). "Chicagoan gives poetry 'Performance' worthy of National Book Award" . chicagotribune.com . Retrieved January 18, 2018 .
^ Crucchiola, Jordan (November 16, 2016). "Here Are the 2016 National Book Award Winners" . Vulture . Archived from the original on December 12, 2023. Retrieved December 12, 2023 .
^ "PEN America Literary Award Winners Celebrated" . Shelf Awareness . March 6, 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2023 .
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