Andrew Zawacki
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Andrew Zawacki is an American
poet
, critic, editor, and translator. His first book By Reason of Breakings won the 2001 University of Georgia
Contemporary Poetry Series, chosen by Forrest Gander
.
Work from his second book, Anabranch, was awarded the 2002 Cecil Hemley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America
. The volume also includes his 2001 chapbook Masquerade, selected by C.D. Wright to receive the 2002 Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award.
"Georgia," a long poem opening Zawacki's third book, Petals of Zero Petals of One, won the 1913 Prize and was published in 1913: a journal of forms, with short introductions by Peter Gizzi
and Cole Swensen
.
He has held fellowships from the Bogliasco Foundation in Italy, Hawthornden Castle in Scotland, Le Château de Lavigny in Switzerland, the Salzburg Seminar in American Studies in Austria, the University of Paris IV—La Sorbonne in France, the Slovenian Writers' Association in Slovenia, the Millay Colony, the Saltonstall Colony, and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.
Zawacki has coedited the international literary magazine Verse with Brian Henry
since 1995 and has taught at the University of Georgia
since 2005.
and the University of St Andrews
. A former Fulbright Scholar to Australia, he earned his Ph.D. from the Committee on Social Thought
at the University of Chicago
.
Along with Andrew Joron
, Zawacki is the literary co-executor of poet, novelist, and essayist Gustaf Sobin
.
Zawacki's essays and reviews have appeared in national and international journals, among them the Times Literary Supplement, Boston Review
, Chicago Review
, How2, Open Letter, Australian Book Review, New German Critique, P.N. Review, and elsewhere. He edited Afterwards: Slovenian Writing 1945-1995, the first comprehensive anthology of Slovenian poetry, fiction, and non-fiction to appear in the US, as well as editing and co-translating Aleš Debeljak
's new and selected poems, Without Anesthesia (Persea Books, 2011). He is also a translator, from the French, of poet Sébastien Smirou's My Lorenzo, which will be published by Burning Deck
.
Translated into French by Sika Fakambi, Georgia was published in France in 2009 by Éditions de l'Attente. The French edition of Zawacki's first book, Par raison de brisants, translated by Antoine Cazé, is forthcoming from Éditions Grèges.
United States
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poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, critic, editor, and translator. His first book By Reason of Breakings won the 2001 University of Georgia
University of Georgia
The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
Contemporary Poetry Series, chosen by Forrest Gander
Forrest Gander
Forrest Gander is an American poet, essayist, novelist, critic, and translator.Born in the Mojave Desert, he was raised in Virginia where he attended The College of William and Mary, majoring in geology, a subject referenced frequently in both his poems and essays. He received an M.A...
.
Work from his second book, Anabranch, was awarded the 2002 Cecil Hemley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America
Poetry Society of America
The Poetry Society of America is a literary organization founded in 1910 by poets, editors, and artists including Witter Bynner. It is the oldest poetry organization in the United States. Past members of the have included such renowned writers as Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Edna St. Vincent...
. The volume also includes his 2001 chapbook Masquerade, selected by C.D. Wright to receive the 2002 Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award.
"Georgia," a long poem opening Zawacki's third book, Petals of Zero Petals of One, won the 1913 Prize and was published in 1913: a journal of forms, with short introductions by Peter Gizzi
Peter Gizzi
Peter Gizzi is an award-winning American poet and renowned editor of the American poet Jack Spicer. He attended Brown University, New York University and the State University of New York at Buffalo.-Life and career:...
and Cole Swensen
Cole Swensen
Cole Swensen is an American poet, translator, editor, copywriter, and professor. Swensen was awarded a 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship and is the author of more than ten poetry collections and as many translations of works from the French. She received her B.A. and M.A. from San Francisco State...
.
He has held fellowships from the Bogliasco Foundation in Italy, Hawthornden Castle in Scotland, Le Château de Lavigny in Switzerland, the Salzburg Seminar in American Studies in Austria, the University of Paris IV—La Sorbonne in France, the Slovenian Writers' Association in Slovenia, the Millay Colony, the Saltonstall Colony, and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.
Zawacki has coedited the international literary magazine Verse with Brian Henry
Brian Henry
Brian Henry is an American poet, translator, editor, and literary critic. He lives in Richmond, Virginia.-Education:Henry completed a BA at the College of William and Mary and an MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst....
since 1995 and has taught at the University of Georgia
University of Georgia
The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
since 2005.
Life and work
Zawacki was educated at The College of William and Mary and, as a Rhodes Scholar, at the University of OxfordUniversity of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
and the University of St Andrews
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews, informally referred to as "St Andrews", is the oldest university in Scotland and the third oldest in the English-speaking world after Oxford and Cambridge. The university is situated in the town of St Andrews, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It was founded between...
. A former Fulbright Scholar to Australia, he earned his Ph.D. from the Committee on Social Thought
Committee on Social Thought
The Committee on Social Thought is one of several PhD-granting committees at the University of Chicago. It was started in 1941 by historian John Ulric Nef along with economist Frank Knight, anthropologist Robert Redfield, and University President Robert Maynard Hutchins.The committee is...
at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
.
Along with Andrew Joron
Andrew Joron
Andrew Joron is an American writer of experimental poetry. He began by writing science fiction poetry. Joron's later poetry, combining scientific and philosophical ideas with the sonic properties of language, has been compared to the work of the Russian Futurist Velimir Khlebnikov...
, Zawacki is the literary co-executor of poet, novelist, and essayist Gustaf Sobin
Gustaf Sobin
Gustaf Sobin was a U.S.-born poet and author who spent most of his adult life in France. Originally from Boston, Sobin attended the Choate School, Brown University, and moved to Paris in 1962...
.
Zawacki's essays and reviews have appeared in national and international journals, among them the Times Literary Supplement, Boston Review
Boston Review
Boston Review is a bimonthly American political and literary magazine. The magazine covers, specifically, political debates, literature, and poetry...
, Chicago Review
Chicago Review
The Chicago Review is a literary magazine published four times per year in the Humanities Division at the University of Chicago. It was founded in 1946. Three stories published in the Chicago Review have won the O. Henry Prize...
, How2, Open Letter, Australian Book Review, New German Critique, P.N. Review, and elsewhere. He edited Afterwards: Slovenian Writing 1945-1995, the first comprehensive anthology of Slovenian poetry, fiction, and non-fiction to appear in the US, as well as editing and co-translating Aleš Debeljak
Aleš Debeljak
Aleš Debeljak , is a Slovenian cultural critic, poet, and essayist.- Biography :Debeljak was born in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana, then part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He graduated from comparative literature at the University of Ljubljana in 1985...
's new and selected poems, Without Anesthesia (Persea Books, 2011). He is also a translator, from the French, of poet Sébastien Smirou's My Lorenzo, which will be published by Burning Deck
Burning Deck Press
Burning Deck is a small press specializing in the publication of experimental poetry and prose. Burning Deck was founded by the writers Keith Waldrop and Rosmarie Waldrop in 1961.-Overview:...
.
Translated into French by Sika Fakambi, Georgia was published in France in 2009 by Éditions de l'Attente. The French edition of Zawacki's first book, Par raison de brisants, translated by Antoine Cazé, is forthcoming from Éditions Grèges.