Tryfon Tolides
Tryfon Tolides (born Korifi Voiou, Greece) is a Greek-American poet, author of An Almost Pure Empty Walking (Penguin, 2005). His poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including America, Atlanta Review, Mwondo Greco, Poetry Daily, Washington Square Review,[1] and Worcester Review. He studied at Boston University, and Tunxis Community College,[2] and graduated from University of Maine with a BFA, and Syracuse University with an MFA. He lives in Farmington, Connecticut.
Honors and awards
- 2005 National Poetry Series selection (awarded by his college professor)[3]
- 2009 Lannan Foundation Marfa residency [4]
Published works
- An Almost Pure Empty Walking. Penguin Books. 2006. ISBN 978-0-14-303709-5.
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-05-29. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Tunix Community College > January 22, 2007 > Alumni and Student Success Stories > Award-Winning Poet’s Start at Tunxis Helped Guide Him Toward Career in Writing Archived June 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Mary Karr
- ^ Lannan Foundation > Residency Fellows > Bios
External links
- "Author's website"
- "Calling", Intalgliodupinblue
- "Poet Tryfon Tolides' exclusive interview with Artemis Leontis"
- "The Latest Hot Blog Topic", Sturgeon's Law, March 04, 2009
- "Tryfon Tolides makes it big", Philokalia Republic
- "Calling", "The fire is now so sweet", Poet's Choice, Washington Post
- "Immigrant"; "Almond Tree"; "I Will Sleep", Poetry Daily
- "My Father Is At A Kind Of Bus Station", Poetry Bay, FALL 2007
- "The Mouse and the Human", America Magazine, JUNE 7, 2004
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