Marilyn Nelson

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Marilyn Nelson (born 1946) is an American poet, translator and children's book author. She is the author or translator of twelve books and three chapbooks.

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[edit] Early life

Nelson was born on April 26, 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio to Melvin M. Nelson, a U.S. serviceman in the Air Force, and Johnnie Mitchell Nelson, a teacher. She was brought up living on military bases, and began writing while in elementary school. She earned her B.A. from the University of California-Davis, and an M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1970, and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1979.[1]

[edit] Career

She is a professor emeritus of English at the University of Connecticut and the founder and director of Soul Mountain Retreat. She was poet laureate of the State of Connecticut from 2001-2006.[2]

Her poetry collections include The Homeplace (Louisiana State University Press), which won the 1992 Anisfield-Wolf Award, and was a finalist for the 1991 National Book Award; and The Fields Of Praise: New And Selected Poems (Louisiana State University Press), won the 1998 Poets' Prize, and was a finalist for the 1997 National Book Award.[3][4] Her honors include two NEA creative writing fellowships, the 1990 Connecticut Arts Award, a Fulbright Teaching Fellowship, and a 2001 Guggenheim Fellowship.[5]

[edit] Published works

Poetry Books

Chapbooks

  • She-Devil Circus (Aralia Press, 2001)
  • Triolets for Triolet (Curbstone Press, 2001)
  • Partial Truth (The Kutenai Press, 1992)
  • Hundreds of Hens and other poems for children by Halfdan Rasmussen (Black Willow Press, 1982, with Pamela Espeland, illustrations by D.M. Robinson)
  • The Freedom Business: Connecticut Landscapes Through the Eyes of Venture Smith (Lyme Historical Society, Florence Griswold Museum, 2006, illustrated by American paintings from the Florence Griswold Museum)

Collaborative Books

Translations

  • The Ladder by Halfdan Rasmussen (translated from Danish, Candlewick, 2006, illustrated by Pierre Pratt)
  • The Thirteenth Month by Inge Pedersen (translated from Danish, Oberlin College Press, 2005)
  • Hecuba by Euripedes, in Euripedes I, Penn Greek Drama Series (translated from earlier English translations, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998)
  • Hundreds of Hens and other poems for children' by Halfdan Rasmussen (translated from Danish, Black Willow Press, 1982, with Pamela Espeland, illustrations by D.M. Robinson)

Books for Young Children

  • Snook Alone, Candlewick Press, 2010, Illustrator Timothy Basil Ering, ISBN 9780763626679
  • Beautiful Ballerina (Scholastic Press, 2009, photographs by Susan Kuklin), ISBN 9780545089203
  • The Ladder by Halfdan Rasmussen (Candlewick, 2006)
  • The Cat Walked Through the Casserole (Carolrhoda Books, 1984)
  • Hundreds of Hens and other poems for children by Halfdan Rasmussen (Black Willow Press, 1982, with Pamela Espeland, illustrations by D.M. Robinson)

[edit] Honors and awards

  • 2005 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award
  • 2001 Boston Globe/Hornbook Award
  • 1998 Poets' Prize
  • 1992 Anisfield-Wolf Award

[edit] References

  1. ^ Academy of American Poets > Marilyn Nelson Biography
  2. ^ Author's Booking Agent: Blue Flowers Arts > Author Page > Marilyn Nelson Bio
  3. ^ Academy of American Poets > Marilyn Nelson Biography
  4. ^ Author's Booking Agent: Blue Flowers Arts; Author Page; Marilyn Nelson Bio
  5. ^ Soul Mountain Retreat > Marilyn Nelson Biography

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