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Daniel Borzutzky

Daniel Borzutzky
Born1974 (age 50–51)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater
GenrePoetry
Notable worksThe Performance of Becoming Human
Notable awardsNational Book Award
ChildrenLorenzo Borzutzky, Felix Borzutzky

Daniel Borzutzky (born 1974)[3] is a Chicago-based poet and translator. His collection The Performance of Becoming Human won the 2016 National Book Award.[4]

Biography

Born in 1974 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Chilean immigrants to the United States,[5] Borzutzky in his work often addresses immigration, worker exploitation, political corruption, and economic disparity.[6]

He received a BA degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1997 and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2000.[1]

Borzutzky has received fellowships from the Illinois Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.[1] He is an Associate Professor of English and Latino Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago.[7]

His 2018 collection Lake Michigan was a finalist for the Griffin International Poetry Prize. In 2021, he published Written After a Massacre in the Year 2018, which was reviewed in The New Yorker and was a finalist for the Chicago Review of Books Poetry Award. His other books include In the Murmurs of the Rotten Carcass Economy; Memories of my Overdevelopment; and The Book of Interfering Bodies.

Alongside his writing, Borzutzky is also known for his work as a translator. He received the 2017 American Literary Translators Association National Translation Award for his translation of Galo Ghigliotto's Valdivia (Co-im-press, 2016) and a PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant for his translation of The Country of Planks (Action Books, 2015) by the Chilean poet Raúl Zurita.[1]

Works

Poetry

Full-length collections
Chapbooks
  • Bedtime Stories for the End of the World Bloof Books, 2014. OCLC 906944426
  • Data Bodies (Holon, 2013)
  • Failure in the imagination, Milwaukee, WI: Bronze Skull Press, 2007. OCLC 181911375
Poetry/essay
  • Memories of my Overdevelopment, Chicago: Kenning Editions, 2015. OCLC 944444558
  • Arbitrary tales, Triple Press: 2005. ISBN 9780976659310, OCLC 166144754

Translations

  • Galo Ghigliotto, Valdivia (co•im•press, 2016)
  • Raúl Zurita, The Country of Planks (Action Books, 2015)
  • Raúl Zurita, Song for his Disappeared Love (Action Books, 2010)
  • Jaime Luis Huenún, Port Trakl (Action Books, 2008)

Honors

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Daniel Borzutzky". Poets.org. Academy of American Poets. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  2. ^ "Students and Alumni: Recent Graduate Accomplishments". SAIC. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  3. ^ "Daniel Borzutzky". Poetry in Voice. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  4. ^ Alter, Alexandra (November 17, 2016). "Colson Whitehead Wins National Book Award for 'The Underground Railroad'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  5. ^ Dykstra, Kristin (August 16, 2011). "Daniel Borzutzky". Bomb. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  6. ^ "2016 National Book Award Winner, Poetry". National Book Foundation. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
  7. ^ "Borzutzky, Daniel | English | University of Illinois Chicago".
  8. ^ Curley, Jon (March 4, 2017). "Enjambed with Rotten Assets: Daniel Borzutzky's 'The Performance of Becoming Human'". Hyperallergic. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  9. ^ Rooney, Kathleen (December 1, 2016). "Chicagoan gives poetry 'Performance' worthy of National Book Award". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  10. ^ Crucchiola, Jordan (November 16, 2016). "Here Are the 2016 National Book Award Winners". Vulture. Archived from the original on December 12, 2023. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
  11. ^ "PEN America Literary Award Winners Celebrated". Shelf Awareness. March 6, 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
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