Daniel Borzutzky
Daniel Borzutzky is a Chicago-based poet and translator. His collection The Performance of Becoming Human won the 2016 National Book Award.[1]
Daniel Borzutzky | |
|---|---|
| Genre | poetry |
| Notable works | The Performance of Becoming Human |
| Notable awards | National Book Award |
The son of Chilean immigrants, Borzutzky's work often addresses immigration, worker exploitation, political corruption, and economic disparity.[2] He teaches at the University of Illinois at Chicago.[3]
Works
Poetry
- Full Length Collections
- Lake Michigan, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018. ISBN 9780822965220, OCLC 1007923836
- The Performance of Becoming Human Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Arts Press, 2016. ISBN 9781936767465, OCLC 994060924[4][5]
- In the Murmurs of the Rotten Carcass Economy New York: Nightboat Books, 2015. ISBN 9781937658335, OCLC 894937620
- The Book of Interfering Bodies Callicoon, NY: Nightboat Books Lebanon, NH, 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
- National Book Award, The Performance of Becoming Human (2016)
- ALTA's National Translation Award for Poetry (2017)
- PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant, Raúl Zurita’s El País de Tablas (The Country of Planks) (2013)
- National Endowment for the Arts Grant (2013)
- Griffin Poetry Prize shortlist, Lake Michigan (2019)
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gollark: What I mean is that even if you think it's quite a serious place, that doesn't mean everyone else using it does.
gollark: I said nothing about them being serious arguments or not.
gollark: This is also bizarre. Your perceptions of importance don't necessarily match other people's, and what they post in the channel is governed by their own perception.
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References
- Alter, Alexandra (2016-11-17). "Colson Whitehead Wins National Book Award for 'The Underground Railroad'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
- "2016 National Book Award Winner, Poetry". National Book Foundation. National Book Foundation. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- https://engl.uic.edu/profiles/borzutzky-daniel/
- "Enjambed with Rotten Assets: Daniel Borzutzky's 'The Performance of Becoming Human'". Hyperallergic. 2017-03-04. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- Tribune, Chicago. "Chicagoan gives poetry 'Performance' worthy of National Book Award". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
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