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Daniel Borzutzky
Born1974 (age 49–50)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
NationalityChilean-American[1]
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma mater
GenrePoetry
Notable worksThe Performance of Becoming Human
Notable awardsNational Book Award
ChildrenLorenzo Borzutzky, Felix Borzutzky

Daniel Borzutzky (born 1974)[4] is a Chicago-based poet and translator. His collection The Performance of Becoming Human won the 2016 National Book Award.[5]

Biography

Born in 1974 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Chilean immigrants to the United States,[6] Borzutzky in his work often addresses immigration, worker exploitation, political corruption, and economic disparity.[7]

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.[2]

Borzutzky has received fellowships from the Illinois Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.[2] He is an Associate Professor of English and Latino Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago.[8]

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 [es]'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.[2]

Works

Poetry

Full-length collections
  • Written After a Massacre in the Year 2018. Minneapolis, MN: Coffee House Press. 2021. ISBN 9781566896054.
  • Lake Michigan, University of Pittsburgh Press. 2018. ISBN 9780822965220, OCLC 1007923836
  • The Performance of Becoming Human Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Arts Press. 2016. ISBN 9781936767465, OCLC 994060924[9][10]
  • In the Murmurs of the Rotten Carcass Economy Brooklyn, N.Y.: Nightboat Books. 2015. ISBN 9781937658335, OCLC 894937620
  • The Book of Interfering Bodies Brooklyn, N.Y.: Nightboat Books. 2011. ISBN 9780984459827, OCLC 838471857
  • The Ecstasy of Capitulation Buffalo, N.Y.: Blaze Vox Books. 2007. ISBN 9781934289242, OCLC 105635040
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

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 [es], Port Trakl (Action Books, 2008)

Honors


References

  1. ^ McSweeney, Joyelle (July 15, 2017). "Daniel Borzutzky". BOMB. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Daniel Borzutzky". Poets.org. Academy of American Poets. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  3. ^ "Students and Alumni: Recent Graduate Accomplishments". SAIC. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  4. ^ "Daniel Borzutzky". Poetry in Voice. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Dykstra, Kristin (August 16, 2011). "Daniel Borzutzky". Bomb. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  7. ^ "2016 National Book Award Winner, Poetry". National Book Foundation. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
  8. ^ "Borzutzky, Daniel | English | University of Illinois Chicago".
  9. ^ Curley, Jon (March 4, 2017). "Enjambed with Rotten Assets: Daniel Borzutzky's 'The Performance of Becoming Human'". Hyperallergic. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  10. ^ Rooney, Kathleen (December 1, 2016). "Chicagoan gives poetry 'Performance' worthy of National Book Award". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "PEN America Literary Award Winners Celebrated". Shelf Awareness. March 6, 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
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