Jay Hopler
Jay Hopler (born 1970) is an American poet.
Early life and education[]
Hopler was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He graduated from Purdue University (Ph.D., American Studies), the Iowa Writers’ Workshop (M.F.A., Creative Writing/Poetry), the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars (M.A., Creative Writing/Poetry) and New York University (B.A., English and American Literature).
Career[]
His poetry, essays, and translations have appeared in numerous magazines and journals, including American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, Mid-American Review, The New Republic and The New Yorker.
Hopler is Professor of English (Creative Writing/Poetry) at the University of South Florida.[1]
Personal life[]
Hopler lives in Tampa, Florida and is married to poet and Renaissance scholar Kimberly Johnson.[1][2]
Awards[]
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- 2005 Yale Series of Younger Poets Award, for Green Squall, chosen by Louise Glück
- 2006 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award for Green Squall
- 2006 Florida Book Award for Green Squall
- 2007 Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award, for Green Squall
- 2007 National “Best Books” Award from USA Book News for Green Squall
- 2009 Lannan Foundation Fellowship
- 2009 Whiting Award[3]
- 2010/2011 Rome Prize in Literature from the American Academy of Arts & Letters/The American Academy in Rome[4][5]
- 2014 National “Best Books” Award from USA Book News for Before the Door of God: An Anthology of Devotional Poetry[6]
- 2016 Florida Book Award in Poetry (Gold Medal) for The Abridged History of Rainfall
- 2016 Finalist, National Book Award in Poetry for The Abridged History of Rainfall[7]
Works[]
- The Abridged History of Rainfall. McSweeney's Poetry Series. 2016. ISBN 978-1944211264.
- Green Squall. Yale University Press. 2006. ISBN 978-0-300-11454-6.
Anthologies[]
- Jay Hopler; Kimberly Johnson, eds. (2013). Before the Door of God: An Anthology of Devotional Poetry. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300175202.
- Jay Hopler, ed. (1996). The Killing Spirit: An Anthology of Murder for Hire. Overlook Press. ISBN 978-0-87951-661-1. ( Canongate Books 1996)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "USF :: Department of English". english.usf.edu.
- ^ "Line by line, Utah poet garners a Guggenheim".
- ^ "Jay Hopler". www.whiting.org.
- ^ Ignacio Villarreal. "American Academy in Rome Announces 2010-2011 Rome Prize Winners". Artdaily.com. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-04-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-08. Retrieved 2015-04-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "National Book Awards 2016 - National Book Foundation".
External links[]
Categories:
- American male poets
- Living people
- 1970 births
- Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni
- New York University alumni
- University of South Florida faculty
- Yale Younger Poets winners
- 21st-century American poets
- 21st-century American male writers