Threa Almontaser

Threa Almontaser is a Yemeni American writer, translator, and multimedia artist from New York City. She is the author of The Wild Fox of Yemen, winner of the Walt Whitman award of the Academy of American Poets in 2020.

Threa Almontaser
OccupationPoet, translator, multimedia artist
ResidenceNew York City
NationalityYemeni-American
EducationNorth Carolina State University
Notable worksThe Wild Fox of Yemen
Notable awardsWalt Whitman award of the Academy of American Poets (2020)
Website
Almontaser's website

Early life and education

Threa Almontaser was born and raised in New York City. She earned a MFA in Creative Writing from North Carolina State University. poet.[1]

Career

Almontaser's first poetry collection, The Wild Fox of Yemen (Graywolf Press, 2021), was selected by Harryette Mullen as the winner of the 2020 Walt Whitman Award, given by the Academy of American Poets. The Whitman award was established in 1975 to encourage emerging poets, who have not published a poetry collection. The award includes a six-week residency in Umbria, Italy, and $5,000.[2] Mullen described Almontaser's work: “The spirit of Whitman lives in these poems that sing and celebrate a vibrant, rebellious body with all its physical and spiritual entanglements."[3]

Almontaser was nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the Best New Poets series. She is a recipient of the 2017 Unsilenced Grant for Muslim American Women Writers,[4] Almontaser won the 2016 NC State poetry contest, and was a finalist for the James Hurst poetry prize, as well as the 9th annual Nazim Hikmet poetry competition.[5][6]

Almontaser Almontaser currently teaches English to immigrants and refugees in Raleigh, North Carolina.[1] She will be teaching and writing in Malaysia as a U.S. Fulbright candidate in 2021.[7]

Selected publications

Awards
  • 2017 Unsilenced Grant for Muslim American Women Writers[5]
  • Walt Whitman award, The Wild Fox of Yemen, (2020)[2]
  • Tupelo Press Dorset Poetry Prize, finalist (2020)[7]
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References
  1. "Threa Almontaser". Poets.org. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  2. "Yemeni-American poet Threa Almontaser wins Whitman award". AP News. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  3. "The Arab Weekly". Yemeni-American poet Threa Almontaser wins Walt Whitman Award. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  4. "2017 Unsilenced Grant Winner: Threa Almontaser". The Coil Magazine. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  5. Downes-Le Guin, India. "Threa Almontaser". Tin House. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  6. "Threa Almontaser". Baltimore Review. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  7. "Threa Almontaser". Threa Almontaser website. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
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