Jenny Xie

Jenny Xie is an American poet and teacher. She is the author of Eye Level, winner of the 2017 Walt Whitman award of the Academy of American Poets and a finalist of the National Book Award in 2017.

Jenny Xie
Jenny Xie at the 2019 National Book Festival
BornHefei, China
OccupationPoet, teacher
EducationPrinceton University
New York University
Notable worksEye Level
Notable awardsWalt Whitman award (2017), Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Literature (2020)
Website
jennymxie.com

Biography

Jenny Xie was born in Hefei, China and was raised in New Jersey. She graduated from Princeton University and earned a creative writing degree from New York University.[1] Xie's chapbook, Nowhere to Arrive was published by Northwestern University Press in 2017 and won the 2016 Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize.[2]

Xie's poetry collection, Eye Level, was published by Graywolf Press in 2018.[3] Xie was named winner of the Walt Whitman award given by the Academy of American Poets in 2017. The book was also named a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry in 2018.[1] In June 2018, Xie was named winner of the Holmes National Poetry Prize, as a "poet of special merit", selected by the Creative Writing faculty of Princeton University.

Xie was awarded a Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Literature by the Vilcek Foundation in 2020.[4]

Xie lives in Brooklyn and teaches at New York University.[5]

Awards
  • Winner of the Walt Whitman award, Eye Level, (2017)[1]
  • Nominated for the National Book Award, 2018, for Eye Level[1]
  • Winner of the 2016 Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize[2]
  • Winner of the Holmes National Poetry Prize in 2018[6]
  • Longlisted for the 2019 Dylan Thomas Prize for Eye Level[7]
  • Shortlisted for the 2019 PEN Open Book Award for Eye Level[8]
  • 2020 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Literature[4]

References
  1. "Jennie Xie". Poets.org. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  2. "Jenny Xie". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  3. "Eye Level". Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  4. "Jenny Xie". Vilcek Foundation. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  5. Chiasson, Dan. "Jenny Xie writes a Sightseer's Guide to the Self". The New Yorker. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  6. "Holmes Poetry Prize goes to Jenny Xie". Town Topics Princeton Newspaper. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  7. Flood, Alison (January 31, 2019). "Dylan Thomas prize: teacher and nurse among 'starburst' of young talent". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  8. "Announcing the 2019 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists". PEN America. January 15, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
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