Richard Siken
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| Occupation | poet |
| Nationality | American |
Richard Siken is an American poet, painter and filmmaker. He is the author of the collection Crush (Yale University Press, 2005), which won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition in 2004. His second book of poems, War of the Foxes, is forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press in early 2015.
Siken received a Literature Fellowship in Poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts, and his book Crush was awarded the Lambda Literary Award for "Gay Men's Poetry" in 2005,[1] and the Thom Gunn Award from Publishing Triangle. The 1991 death of his boyfriend influenced his writing of the book.[2]
Siken currently lives in Tucson, Arizona.
Awards
Crush won the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets prize, selected by Louise Gluck. It was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Lambda Literary Award and the Thom Gunn Award.
Siken is also the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, two Arizona Commission on the Arts grants, and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.[3]
Bibliography
- Crush (Yale University Press, 2005)
- War of the Foxes (Copper Canyon Press, 2015 forthcoming)
References
- ↑ "Previous Lammy Award Winners". Lambda Literary Foundation. Archived from the original on 2008-05-04. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
- ↑ Schuman, Joan (2006-04-13). "Poetry Personas: Three well-known writers reflect on new, contemporary work". Tucson Weekly.
- ↑ "Richard Siken".
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