Brian Henry (born 1972) is an American poet and translator.[1]
Life[]
Henry was born in Columbus, Ohio.[1]
He earned a B.A. from the College of William and Mary and an M.F.A. from the MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Henry has taught at Plymouth State College and the University of Georgia. He lives in Richmond, Virginia, and teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Richmond.
Henry has published poetry in magazines including American Poetry Review, The Paris Review, Boston Review and Virginia Quarterly Review and his work has been translated into Russian, Croatian, Serbian, and Slovenian. Henry's poetry criticism has appeared in the publications including New York Times Book Review, the Times Literary Supplement, The Kenyon Review, The Georgia Review, and The Yale Review. His essays have been reprinted in such books as Imagining Australia (Harvard University Press).
Henry has translated Woods and Chalices (Harcourt, 2008) by Slovenian poet Tomaž Šalamun and The Book of Things (BOA Editions, 2010) by Slovenian poet Aleš Šteger.[1] Henry's translation of Book of Things won the 2011 Best Translated Book Award.
Recognition[]
- Best Translated Book Award, Book of Things, 2011
- Howard Foundation grant for Literary Translation, 2011
- National Endowment for the Arts Translation Grant, 2010
- Treci Trg Prize, Serbia, 2009
- Cecil B. Hemeley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America, 2008
- Alice Fay di Castagnola Award from the Poetry Society of America for Quarantine, 2003
- Carole Weinstein Poetry Prize, 2006
- George Bogin Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America, 2001
- Finalist for the Forward Prize in England for Astronaut, 2000
- Fulbright Scholarship to Australia, 1997
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Astronaut. Arc Publications, 2000; Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2002.
- American Incident. Cromer, UK: Salt Publishing, 2002.
- Graft Kalamazoo, MI: New Issues Press/Arc Publications, 2003,
- In the Unlikely Event of a Water. Equipage, 2007.
- The Stripping Point. Counterpath Press, 2007.
- Quarantine. Ahsahta Press, 2006; Arc Publications, 2009.
- Wings Without Birds. Cromer, UK: Salt Publishing, 2010.
- Doppelganger. Talisman House, 2011.
- Lessness. Ahsahta Press, 2011.
Edited[]
- On James Tate. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2004.
- The Verse Book of Interviews (co-edited with Andrew Zawacki). Verse Press, 2005.
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Brian Henry, Salt Publishing. Web, Jan. 13, 2013.
External links[]
- Poems
- Brian Henry at the Poetry Foundation: "Rooms," "From the Bottom"
- Books
- Brian Henry at Amazon.com
- About
- Brian Henry at Salt Publishing
- An Interview with poet Brian Henry," Poets & Writers interview, 2003
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