James Kimbrell
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Born | Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. | August 10, 1967
Occupation | Poet |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Southern Mississippi University of Virginia University of Missouri |
Genre | Poetry |
James Kimbrell (born 1967) is an American poet.
Life[]
As an undergraduate he majored in philosophy at Millsaps College, where his poetry was first published in the literary magazine Stylus.[1]
He graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with an M.A., from University of Virginia with an MFA, and from University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri with a Ph.D. He teaches at Florida State University.[2]
His work has appeared in Poetry, Field, Fence,[3] The Nation, Prairie Schooner, The Boston Book Review.
Awards[]
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- 1998 Whiting Award
- Ruth Lilly Fellowship
- "Discovery"/The Nation Award
- Ford Foundation Fellowship
- Academy of American Poets Prize
- National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, Creative Writing-2005
- 2016 John Simon Guggenheim Fellow
- National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, Creative Writing-2017
Works[]
Books[]
- Smote. Sarabande Books. 2015. ISBN 978-1-941411-09-4.
- My Psychic. Sarabande Books. 2006. ISBN 978-1-932511-25-3.
- The Gatehouse Heaven. Sarabande Books. 1998. ISBN 978-1-889330-13-6.
Translations[]
- Three Poets of Modern Korea: Yi Sang, Hahm Dong-Seon and Choi Young-Mi, a collection of translations from the Korean. Translators Jung-Yul Yu, James Kimbrell. Sarabande Books. 2002. ISBN 978-1-889330-71-6.CS1 maint: others (link)
Anthologies[]
- Michael Collier, ed. (2000). "True Descenders". American Poetry: The Next Generation. UPNE. ISBN 978-0-87451-964-8.
References[]
- ^ "Interview with James Kimbrell," Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Stylus: 2008 Stylus http://www.millsaps.edu/student_life/student_publications_stylus.php/ Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The English Department at Florida State University". www.english.fsu.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
- ^ Wolff, Rebecca (2000-01-01). Fence. Fence Magazine, Incorporated. ISBN 9780966332452.
External links[]
Categories:
- Living people
- American male poets
- University of Southern Mississippi alumni
- University of Virginia alumni
- University of Missouri alumni
- Florida State University faculty
- Korean–English translators
- 1967 births
- 21st-century American poets
- 21st-century translators
- 21st-century American male writers