Jennifer Grotz

Jennifer Grotz (born 1971) is an American poet and translator who teaches English and creative writing at the University of Rochester, where she is Professor of English.[1] In 2017 she was named the seventh director of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.[2]

Jennifer Grotz
BornJuly 11, 1971
Texas
OccupationPoet
Translator
Professor
Literary Critic
NationalityAmerican
GenrePoetry

Life

Grotz grew up in small Texas towns but has lived in France and Poland, all of which inform her poems. Grotz holds degrees from Tulane University (BA), Indiana University (MA and MFA), and the University of Houston (PhD). She also studied literature at the University of Paris (La Sorbonne), where she discovered her interest in translating French Poetry. Her poems, translations, and reviews have appeared in many literary journals and magazines, and her work has been included in Best American Poetry. She is the first woman to direct the Breadloaf Writers' Conferences.[2]

She currently lives in Rochester, New York.

Awards
  • 2017: John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship[3]
  • 2016: National Endowment for the Arts, Literary Translation Fellowship[4]
  • 2013: C.P. Cavafy Poetry Prize, Poetry International[5]
  • 2007: Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award
  • 2007: Camargo Fellowship, Cassis, Fance
  • 2007: Fellowship from the Vermont Studio Center
  • 2007: New Writing Award from the Fellowship of Southern Writers
  • 2005: Inprint/James Michener Fellowship from the University of Houston
  • 2004: Texas Institute of Arts and Letters: Natalie Ornish Poetry Prize for Best First Book
  • 2004: Individual Artist Grant from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston
  • 2003: American Translators Association, Student Translation Award
  • 2002: Katherine Bakeless Nason Poetry Prize
  • 2002: Prague Summer Program Fellowship in Poetry
  • 2001: Individual Artist Fellowship from the Oregon Arts Commission
  • 1997: Fellowship in Poetry from Literary Arts, Inc.

Works
  • Window Left Open (Graywolf Press, 2016)
  • The Needle, poems (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011)
  • Cusp, poems (Houghton Mifflin/Mariner Books, 2003)
  • Not Body, limited-edition letterpress poetry chapbook (Urban Editions, 2001)

References
  1. "Jennifer Grotz: Professor". Department of English, University of Rochester. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  2. "Middlebury Names Jennifer Grotz as Next Director of Bread Loaf Conferences". 31 May 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  3. "JENNIFER GROTZ: Current Fellow". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  4. "Professor Jennifer Grotz receives fellowship for literary translation studies". University of Rochester. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  5. "The C.P. Cavafy Poetry Prize". Poetry International. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
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