Daniel Tobin
Encyclopedia
Daniel Tobin is an American poet
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He graduated from Iona College
with a B.A., from Harvard University
with a M.T.S., from Warren Wilson College
with an M.F.A., and from University of Virginia
with a Ph.D. He teaches at Emerson College
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His work has appeared in the "New Republic," "The Nation," and the "Harvard Review."
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...
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He graduated from Iona College
Iona College
Iona College may refer to:* Iona College , New Rochelle, New York, USA* Iona College , Australia* Iona College , Hawkes Bay, New Zealand* Iona Presentation College, Perth, Western Australia...
with a B.A., from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
with a M.T.S., from Warren Wilson College
Warren Wilson College
Warren Wilson College is a private four-year work college in the Swannanoa Valley, North Carolina, United States near Asheville. It is known for its curriculum of work, academics, and service, called "the Triad," which requires every student to work an on-campus job, perform at least one hundred...
with an M.F.A., and from University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
with a Ph.D. He teaches at Emerson College
Emerson College
Emerson College is a private coeducational university located in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of oratory," Emerson is "the only comprehensive college or university in America dedicated exclusively to communication and the arts in a liberal arts...
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His work has appeared in the "New Republic," "The Nation," and the "Harvard Review."
Awards
- 2011 MassBook Award "Belated Heaven"
- 2009 Guggenheim Fellow
- Robert Penn Warren Award
- Robert Frost Fellowship
- The Discovery/The Nation Award
- National Endowment for the ArtsNational Endowment for the ArtsThe National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
Fellowship
Works
- "The Country", The Courtland Review, Issue 29, Summer 2005
- Where the World is Made, University Press of New England, 1999, ISBN 9780874519563
- Double Life, Louisiana State University Press, 2004, ISBN 9780807129562
- The Narrows Four Way Books, 2005, ISBN 9781884800597
- Second Things Four Way Books, 2008, ISBN 9781884800887
Criticism
- Passage to the center: imagination and the sacred in the poetry of Seamus Heaney, University Press of Kentucky, 1999, ISBN 9780813120836
- Poet's work, poet's play: essays on the practice and the art, Authors Daniel Tobin, Pimone Triplett, University of Michigan Press, 2008, ISBN 9780472069972