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]
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]
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.
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linksBiography editBorn 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 Raul Zurita 2 Works editPoetry edit Full length collectionsWritten 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 105635040ChapbooksBedtime 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 181911375Poetry essayMemories of my Overdevelopment Chicago Kenning Editions 2015 OCLC 944444558 Arbitrary tales Triple Press 2005 ISBN 9780976659310 OCLC 166144754Translations edit Galo Ghigliotto Valdivia co im press 2016 Raul Zurita The Country of Planks Action Books 2015 Raul Zurita Song for his Disappeared Love Action Books 2010 Jaime Luis Huenun Port Trakl Action Books 2008 Honors edit2013 National Endowment for the Arts Grant 2013 2013 PEN Heim Translation Fund Grant Raul Zurita s El Pais 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 Nunez 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 External links editProfile at Poetry Foundation website Profile at the National Book Foundation website nbsp This biographical article about an American poet born in the 1970s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Daniel Borzutzky amp oldid 1196839820, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
