Ellen Doré Watson
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Ellen Doré Watson is an American
poet, translator and teacher.
Watson is author of five collections of poems, most recently, Dogged Hearts (Tupelo Press
). Her book, Ladder Music, was a New York/New England Award winner from Alice James Books
. Other honors include a Massachusetts Cultural Council Artists Grant and a Rona Jaffe Writers Award.
Watson has translated eleven books, including The Alphabet in the Park: The Selected poems of Adélia Prado
(Wesleyan University Press
), for which she was awarded an NEA Translation Fellowship and interviewed by BOMB Magazine. In addition to her Brazilian Portuguese translations, the Winter 1999 issue of Modern Poetry in Translation features contemporary Palestinian poetry she co-translated from the Arabic with Saadi Simawe.
Her poems have appeared widely in literary journals, including Orion Magazine, Ploughshares, Boulevard, The Cortland Review, AGNI, The American Poetry Review, Tin House, and The New Yorker
, and in anthologies including After Shocks: The Poetry of Recovery for Life-Shattering Events (Santa Lucia Books, 2008), Ravishing DisUnities: Real Ghazals in English, (Wesleyan University Press, 2000), and Never Before: Poems About First Experiences (Four Way Books
, 2005).
Watson grew up in Plainview, New York
, and received her B.A. and MFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst
, and lives in Conway, Massachusetts
. She is the director of The Poetry Center at Smith College
, and Lecturer in the English Department, where she teaches Reading Contemporary Poetry. She is a poetry editor for The Massachusetts Review, and a member of the Alice James Books Cooperative Board.
Chapbooks
Selected Translations
United States
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poet, translator and teacher.
Watson is author of five collections of poems, most recently, Dogged Hearts (Tupelo Press
Tupelo Press
Tupelo Press is an American not-for-profit literary press founded in 1999. It produced its first titles in 2001, publishing poetry, fiction and non-fiction...
). Her book, Ladder Music, was a New York/New England Award winner from Alice James Books
Alice James Books
Alice James Books is an American non-profit poetry press located in Farmington, Maine and affiliated with the University of Maine at Farmington.- History and mission :...
. Other honors include a Massachusetts Cultural Council Artists Grant and a Rona Jaffe Writers Award.
Watson has translated eleven books, including The Alphabet in the Park: The Selected poems of Adélia Prado
Adélia Prado
Adélia Luzia Prado Freitas , is a Brazilian writer and poet.She was born in Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, and started writing at the age of 40 which is relatively late in life for a poet...
(Wesleyan University Press
Wesleyan University Press
Wesleyan University Press is a university press that is part of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. The Press is currently directed by Suzanna Tamminen, a published poet and essayist...
), for which she was awarded an NEA Translation Fellowship and interviewed by BOMB Magazine. In addition to her Brazilian Portuguese translations, the Winter 1999 issue of Modern Poetry in Translation features contemporary Palestinian poetry she co-translated from the Arabic with Saadi Simawe.
Her poems have appeared widely in literary journals, including Orion Magazine, Ploughshares, Boulevard, The Cortland Review, AGNI, The American Poetry Review, Tin House, and The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
, and in anthologies including After Shocks: The Poetry of Recovery for Life-Shattering Events (Santa Lucia Books, 2008), Ravishing DisUnities: Real Ghazals in English, (Wesleyan University Press, 2000), and Never Before: Poems About First Experiences (Four Way Books
Four Way Books
Four Way Books is an American not-for-profit literary press located in New York City, New York, which publishes poetry and short fiction by emerging and established writers. It features the work of the winners of national poetry competitions, as well as collections accepted through general...
, 2005).
Watson grew up in Plainview, New York
Plainview, New York
Plainview is a hamlet located on Long Island in the town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, USA. The population of the CDP as of 2010 was 26,217. The Plainview post office has the ZIP code 11803....
, and received her B.A. and MFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public research and land-grant university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States and the flagship of the University of Massachusetts system...
, and lives in Conway, Massachusetts
Conway, Massachusetts
Conway is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,809 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...
. She is the director of The Poetry Center at Smith College
Smith College
Smith College is a private, independent women's liberal arts college located in Northampton, Massachusetts. It is the largest member of the Seven Sisters...
, and Lecturer in the English Department, where she teaches Reading Contemporary Poetry. She is a poetry editor for The Massachusetts Review, and a member of the Alice James Books Cooperative Board.
Published works
Full-Length Poetry Collections- Dogged Hearts (Tupelo Press, 2010)
- This Sharpening (Tupelo Press, 2006)
- Ladder Music (Alice James Books, 2002)
- We Live in Bodies (Alice James Books, 1997)
Chapbooks
- Broken Railings (Owl Creek Press, Winner of the Green Lake Chapbook Poetry Prize)
Selected Translations
- Zero: by Ignácio de Loyola Brandão (Dalkey Archive Press, 2003)
- The Alphabet in the Park: The Selected poems of Adélia Prado (Wesleyan University PressWesleyan University PressWesleyan University Press is a university press that is part of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. The Press is currently directed by Suzanna Tamminen, a published poet and essayist...
, 1990)
Sources
- Alice James Books > Author Pages
- Ploughshares Articles & Authors > Ellen Doré Watson
- The Poetry Center at Smith College
- Smith College - English Department Faculty - Ellen Doré Watson