Marilyn Nelson
Author of Carver: A Life in Poems
About the Author
Marilyn Nelson is the author of numerous books, including The Cachoeira Tales and Other Poems, The Fields of Praise, and Magnificat. Her honors include three National Book Award Finalist medals, the Frost Medal, the Poets' Prize, and the Boston Globe/Hornbook Award. Nelson is an emeritus professor show more at the University of Connecticut, the former poet laureate of Connecticut, and founder and director of Soul Mountain Retreat. show less
Works by Marilyn Nelson
Associated Works
Poetry Speaks Expanded: Hear Poets Read Their Own Work from Tennyson to Plath (2007) — Contributor — 152 copies
In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry (1656) — Contributor — 100 copies
Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945 (1994) — Contributor — 91 copies
Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry (2013) — Contributor — 42 copies
So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival (2010) — Contributor — 24 copies
When She Named Fire: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by American Women (1900) — Contributor — 11 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Nelson, Marilyn
- Other names
- Waniek, Marilyn Nelson
- Birthdate
- 1946-04-26
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Education
- University of California, Davis (B.A.)
University of Pennsylvania (M. A.|1970)
University of Minnesota (PhD|1979) - Occupations
- poet
translator
author
professor - Organizations
- Soul Mountain Retreat
University of Connecticut (Proessor Emeritus in English) - Awards and honors
- Kent fellowship (1976)
National Endowment for the Arts fellowships (1981, 1990)
Connecticut Arts Award (1990)
Annisfield-Wolf Award (1992)
Fulbright teaching fellowship (1995)
Contemplative Practices fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies (2000) (show all 12)
J.S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship (2001)
Poet Laureate of Connecticut (2001-2006)
Lifetime Achievement honor, Connecticut Book Award (2006)
Frost Medal (2012)
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize (2017)
Wallace Stevens Award (2022)
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- Works
- 31
- Also by
- 31
- Members
- 2,296
- Popularity
- #11,184
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 121
- ISBNs
- 86
- Languages
- 1
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