Gabriel Spera
Encyclopedia
Life
He graduated from Cornell UniversityCornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, and from University of North Carolina at Greensboro
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro , also known as UNC Greensboro, is a public university in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States and is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system. The university offers more than 100 undergraduate, 61 master's and 26...
, with an M.F.A.
He lives in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
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His work appeared in Cimarron Review, Prairie Schooner, The Missouri Review,
Awards
- 2009 National Endowment for the Arts, Fellowship
- 2005 Dana Awards, finalist
- 2005 Dogwood Poetry Prize, finalist
- 2004 PEN USA-West Literary Book Award for Poetry
- 2003 Pushcart Prize Nomination
- 2002 National Poetry SeriesNational Poetry SeriesThe National Poetry Series is an American literary awards program.Every year since 1979 it has sponsored the publication of five books of poetry...
- 1995 Villa Montalvo Biennial Poetry Competition, Honorable Mention
- 1991 Associated Writing ProgramsAssociation of Writers & Writing ProgramsThe Association of Writers & Writing Programs is a literary organization whose mission is "to foster literary talent and achievement, to advance the art of writing as essential to a good education, and to serve the makers, teachers, students, and readers of contemporary writing."-Members:AWP...
, Intro Award, - 1989 Randall Jarrell Fellowship, UNC-G,