Len Krisak
Encyclopedia
Len Krisak is an American poet
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He graduated from University of Michigan
, and Brandeis University
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He taught at Brandeis University
, Northeastern University, and Stonehill College
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His work has appeared in Agenda, Commonweal, The Hudson Review, PN Review, The Formalist, The Cumberland Poetry Review, Tennessee Quarterly, Classical Outlook, Pivot, Rattapallax, The Weekly Standard.
He read at Newburyport Literary Festival.
He is a part of the Powow River Poets.
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 University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
, and Brandeis University
Brandeis University
Brandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it...
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He taught at Brandeis University
Brandeis University
Brandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it...
, Northeastern University, and Stonehill College
Stonehill College
Stonehill College is a private Roman Catholic college located in Easton, Massachusetts, United States, founded in 1948. Situated in North Easton, Massachusetts, a suburban community of 23,329 people, Stonehill is located south of Boston on a campus, the original estate of Frederick Lothrop Ames...
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His work has appeared in Agenda, Commonweal, The Hudson Review, PN Review, The Formalist, The Cumberland Poetry Review, Tennessee Quarterly, Classical Outlook, Pivot, Rattapallax, The Weekly Standard.
He read at Newburyport Literary Festival.
He is a part of the Powow River Poets.
Awards
- 2000 Richard Wilbur AwardRichard Wilbur AwardThe Richard Wilbur Award is named in honor of the distinguished American poet Richard Wilbur and was established at the University of Evansville under the direction of William Baer. The competition welcomes submissions of unpublished, original poetry collections, and public domain or...
- Robert Penn Warren Prize
- Robert Frost Prize
- 2009 Der-Hovanessian Translation Award, New England Poetry Club
- Los Angeles Poetry Festival
Works
- Midland Somers Rocks Press 1999
- Fugitive Child, Aralia Press 1999
- Even as We Speak University of Evansville Press, 2000, ISBN 9780930982539
- If Anything, WordTech Editions, 2004, ISBN 9781932339079
Translator
- The Odes of Horace, Translator Len Krisak, Carcanet, 2006, ISBN 9781857548518
- Virgil's Eclogues, Translator Len Krisak, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010, ISBN 9780812242256
Anthologies
- "Tantalas III", Gods and mortals: modern poems on classical myths, Editor Nina Kossman, Oxford University Press, 2001, ISBN 9780195133417