Ralph Angel
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Ralph Angel is an American poet
and translator. Raised in Seattle, Washington
, Angel attended inner-city public schools there, then worked on freight trains for the Union Pacific Railroad as he earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Washington
. Later he received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California, Irvine
.
He is an Edith R. White Distinguished Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Redlands
, and a member of the MFA Program in Writing faculty at Vermont College. Angel also was the featured poet of the Spring 2005 issue of Poetry Magazine.
Poetry online
Reviews
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...
and translator. Raised in Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
, Angel attended inner-city public schools there, then worked on freight trains for the Union Pacific Railroad as he earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
. Later he received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...
.
He is an Edith R. White Distinguished Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Redlands
University of Redlands
The University of Redlands is a private liberal arts and sciences university located in Redlands, California. The university's campus sits on near downtown Redlands. The university was founded in 1907 and was associated with the American Baptist Church. The land for the university was donated by...
, and a member of the MFA Program in Writing faculty at Vermont College. Angel also was the featured poet of the Spring 2005 issue of Poetry Magazine.
Books
- 1986 — Anxious Latitudes (Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press)
- 1995 — Neither World (Oxford, Ohio: Miami University Press), winner of the James Laughlin AwardJames Laughlin AwardThe James Laughlin Award, formerly the Lamont Poetry Prize, is given annually for a poet's second published book; it is the only major poetry award that honors a second book...
of The Academy of American Poets - 2001 — Twice Removed, (Louisville, Kentucky: Sarabande BooksSarabande BooksSarabande Books is an American not-for-profit literary press founded in 1994, and located in Louisville, Kentucky, publishing poetry, fiction and nonfiction.The press was co-founded by Sarah Gorham and Jeffrey Skinner...
), nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Awards - 2006 Translator of Federico Garcia LorcaFederico García LorcaFederico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca was a Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27. He is believed to be one of thousands who were summarily shot by anti-communist death squads...
, Poem of the Deep Song, winner of the 2003 Willis Barnstone Poetry Translation Prize - 2006 — Exceptions and Melancholies: Poems 1986-2006 (Louisville, Kentucky: Sarabande Books)
Awards and honors
- 2007 PEN USA Literary Award in Poetry for "Exceptions and Melancholies"
- Pushcart Prize
- An award from the Fulbright Foundation
- An award from The Modern Poetry Association
- A gift from the Elgin Cox Trust
- His "Shadow Play" (which originally appeared in Poetry) was included in The Best American Poetry 1988The Best American Poetry 1988The Best American Poetry 1988, the first volume in The Best American Poetry series, was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor John Ashbery, who chose one of his own poems among the group of 75.-Lehman's forward:...
- Willis Barnstone Translation PrizeWillis Barnstone Translation PrizeThe Willis Barnstone Translation Prize is an annual award given to an exceptional translation of a poem from any language into English. The prize was inaugurated in 2002 by the University of Evansville under the direction of William Baer and has been presented annually since 2003. The award is...
, 2003
External links
- http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/180 Biographical sketch at Poets.org Web site of the Academy of American Poets
Poetry online
- http://www.poetrymagazine.com/archives/2005/Spr005/Features/angel.htm At Poetry magazine Web site:
- "Breaking and Entering"
- "In Every Direction"
- "It takes a while to disappear"
- "Man in a Window"
- "Tiny"
Reviews
- http://jacketmagazine.com/19/paq-rev1.html Review of Twice Removed by Ethan PaquinEthan PaquinEthan Paquin is an American poet and a native of New Hampshire. He grew up in Londonderry, New Hampshire. He earned a BA in English/Writing from Plymouth State College in Plymouth, New Hampshire, and his MFA in Creative Writing from the MFA Program for Poets & Writers, University of Massachusetts,...
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