Daniel Borzutzky
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Daniel Borzutzky | |
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| Born | 1974 (age 49–50) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Nationality | Chilean-American[1] |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable works | The Performance of Becoming Human |
| Notable awards | National Book Award |
| Children | Lorenzo Borzutzky, Felix Borzutzky |
Daniel Borzutzky (born 1974)[4] is a Chicago-based poet and translator. His collection The Performance of Becoming Human won the 2016 National Book Award.[5]
Biography[edit]
Born in 1974 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Chilean immigrants to the United States,[6] Borzutzky in his work often addresses immigration, worker exploitation, political corruption, and economic disparity.[7]
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.[2]
Borzutzky has received fellowships from the Illinois Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.[2] He is an Associate Professor of English and Latino Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago.[8]
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.[2]
Works[edit]
Poetry[edit]
- 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[9][10]
- 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
- 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
- Memories of my Overdevelopment, Chicago: Kenning Editions, 2015. OCLC 944444558
- Arbitrary tales, Triple Press: 2005. ISBN 9780976659310, OCLC 166144754
Translations[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 2013: National Endowment for the Arts Grant (2013)
- 2013: PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant, Raúl Zurita's El País de Tablas (The Country of Planks) (2013)
- 2016: National Book Award, The Performance of Becoming Human (2016)[11]
- 2017: American Literary Translators Association National Translation Award for Poetry (2017)
- 2019: Griffin Poetry Prize shortlist, Lake Michigan (2019)
- 2023: PEN Award for Poetry in Translation, The Loose Pearl by Paula Ilabaca Nuñez (co-im-press)[12]
References[edit]
- ^ McSweeney, Joyelle (July 15, 2017). "Daniel Borzutzky". BOMB. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ^ 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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