Jennifer Clement
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Jennifer Clement studied English Literature and Anthropology at New York University and also studied French literature in Paris, France. She is currently the President of PEN Mexico.
Clement is the author of the memoir Widow Basquiat that made the "Booksellers' Choice" list in the United Kingdom and two novels: A True Story Based on Lies, which was a finalist in the Orange Prize for Fiction in the United Kingdom, and The Poison That Fascinates. She is also the author of several books of poetry: The Next Stranger (with an introduction by W.S. Merwin), Newton’s Sailor, Lady of the Broom and Jennifer Clement: New and Selected Poems. Her prize-winning story A Salamander-Child has been published as an art book with work by the Mexican painter Gustavo Monroy. Clement’s work has been translated into 10 languages.
Jennifer Clement was awarded the National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship in Fiction 2012. Clement was the recipient of the Canongate Prize for her story A Salamander-Child. In 2007, she received a MacDowell Fellowship and the MacDowell Colony named her the Robert and Stephanie Olmsted Fellow for 2007-08 and she has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Clement was awarded Mexico's prestigious "Sistema Nacional de Creadores" grant and she is also the recipient of a US-Mexico Fund for Culture (FONCA, Fundacion Cultural Bancomer, the Rockefeller Foundation) grant for the San Miguel Poetry Week, which she founded in 1997 with her sister, Barbara Sibley.
Clement was the Thornton Writer-in-Residence at Lynchburg College, VA and the Sandburg-Auden-Stein Poet-in-Residence at Olivet College, MI.
Clement's work has appeared in numerous anthologies such The Best of The American Voice (USA), INUITS numéro 3, (France), Mexican Poetry Today, 20/20 Voices, Shearsman Books (UK), and Verse and the Universe (poems about science), Milkweed Editions, (USA). She is also included in the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Writers and Their Work (Facts of File Library of World Literature). The London Times, Akzente, The Herald, Poetry London, The Nation, The American Poetry Review, National Geographic, The Warwick Review and The Independent Magazine, among others, have published her stories, poems and essays.
The composer Jan Gilbert created an “Eleven Song Setting” of Clement’s The Lady of the Broom for soprano, flute, viola, and violoncello.
The French theater company Traits de Marque (under the director Marco Pejrolo) has adapted her novel A True Story Based on Lies for the stage and the play will premiere, in Paris, France in 2012.
Jennifer Clement lives in Mexico City, Mexico.
, Fundacion Cultural Bancomer, the Rockefeller Foundation) grant for the San Miguel Poetry Week, which she founded in 1997 with her sister, Barbara Sibley. She is a MacDowell Colony Fellow and was the Thornton Writer-in-Residence at Lynchburg College in Virginia and the Sandburg-Auden-Stein Poet-in-Residence at Olivet College in Michigan.
Clement's work has appeared in numerous anthologies including The Best of The American Voice and Akzente, The London Times, The Sunday Herald, Poetry London
, National Geographic, The Nation
, The American Poetry Review
and The Independent
magazine, among others, have published her stories, poems and essays. In 2007 the composer Jan Gilbert
wrote an “Eleven Song Setting” of Clement’s The Lady of the Broom for soprano flute/alto flute, viola and violoncello.
, Clement moved in 1961 with her family to Mexico City
, where she later attended Edron Academy
. She moved to the USA to finish high school at Cranbrook Kingswood School, before studying English and anthropology at New York University
. Clement lives in Mexico City
. She is the co-director and founder of the San Miguel Poetry Week. She has a son and a daughter, Richard and Sylvia.
Grant awarded by the Mexican “Systema Nacional de Creadores”, FONCA, 2000 -2006.
Foreign rights sales for Widow Basquiat:
1. Canongate Books, Grove Atlantic, USA, 2001.
2. Plaza & Janes, Mexico, 2000.
3. Debate, Spain, 2001.
4. Denöel, Gallimard, France, 2001.
5. Jaeum & Moeum Publishing, Seoul, Korea, 2001.
6. Shearsman Books, UK/USA, 2010
4. A True Story Based On Lies, Canongate Books, Ltd., UK, 2001.
Foreign rights sales for A True Story Based on Lies:
1. Canongate Books, Grove Atlantic, USA, 2001.
2. Plaza & Janes, Mexico, 2001.
3. Anagrama, Spain, 2001.
5. Temas y Debates, Portugal, 2001.
7. Hed Arzi (Sifriat Ma'ariv) Publishing House, Israel. 2001
8. Arena, Holland, 2001.
9. Instar Libri, Italy, 2002
10. Editions Autrement, France, 2010
11. Mala Kurka, Poland, 2012
5. The Next Stranger & Newton’s Sailor, Ecrivants des Forges, Quebec, Canada and Paris, France, 2001.
6. Lady of the Broom, Aldus, Mexico, 2002.
7. Widow Basquiat (Fragment) La Centena, Conaculta, Mexico, 2003
8. A Salamander-Child, The Canongate Prize, (Illustrated by Gustavo Monroy) Aldus, Mexico, 2007.
9. The Poison That Fascinates, Canongate Books, World Rights, UK. 2008
Foreign rights sales for: The Poison That Fascinates:
1. Azoth Books, Taipei, Taiwan, 2009
2. Editorial Planteta, Madrid, Spain, 2009
3. Shanghai 99 Culture Consulting, China, 2009
4. Newton Compton Editori, Italy, 2009
5. Mala Kurka, Poland, 2011
10. The New and Selected Poems, Shearsman Books. UK. 2009
11. Fanny Calderon de La Barca, Selected Letters on Mexico’s Independence, Anglo Mexican Foundation, 2010
Clement is the author of the memoir Widow Basquiat that made the "Booksellers' Choice" list in the United Kingdom and two novels: A True Story Based on Lies, which was a finalist in the Orange Prize for Fiction in the United Kingdom, and The Poison That Fascinates. She is also the author of several books of poetry: The Next Stranger (with an introduction by W.S. Merwin), Newton’s Sailor, Lady of the Broom and Jennifer Clement: New and Selected Poems. Her prize-winning story A Salamander-Child has been published as an art book with work by the Mexican painter Gustavo Monroy. Clement’s work has been translated into 10 languages.
Jennifer Clement was awarded the National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship in Fiction 2012. Clement was the recipient of the Canongate Prize for her story A Salamander-Child. In 2007, she received a MacDowell Fellowship and the MacDowell Colony named her the Robert and Stephanie Olmsted Fellow for 2007-08 and she has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Clement was awarded Mexico's prestigious "Sistema Nacional de Creadores" grant and she is also the recipient of a US-Mexico Fund for Culture (FONCA, Fundacion Cultural Bancomer, the Rockefeller Foundation) grant for the San Miguel Poetry Week, which she founded in 1997 with her sister, Barbara Sibley.
Clement was the Thornton Writer-in-Residence at Lynchburg College, VA and the Sandburg-Auden-Stein Poet-in-Residence at Olivet College, MI.
Clement's work has appeared in numerous anthologies such The Best of The American Voice (USA), INUITS numéro 3, (France), Mexican Poetry Today, 20/20 Voices, Shearsman Books (UK), and Verse and the Universe (poems about science), Milkweed Editions, (USA). She is also included in the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Writers and Their Work (Facts of File Library of World Literature). The London Times, Akzente, The Herald, Poetry London, The Nation, The American Poetry Review, National Geographic, The Warwick Review and The Independent Magazine, among others, have published her stories, poems and essays.
The composer Jan Gilbert created an “Eleven Song Setting” of Clement’s The Lady of the Broom for soprano, flute, viola, and violoncello.
The French theater company Traits de Marque (under the director Marco Pejrolo) has adapted her novel A True Story Based on Lies for the stage and the play will premiere, in Paris, France in 2012.
Jennifer Clement lives in Mexico City, Mexico.
Writing
In 2011 Clement was awarded the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for fiction 2012. Clement is also the recipient of Mexico's prestigious "Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte" grant and was honored with the UK's Canongate Prize for her story "A Salamander-Child". In 2001 she was also the recipient of a US-Mexico Fund for Culture (FONCAFONCA
The National Fund for Culture and Arts is a public agency of the Mexican federal government, attached to the National Council for Culture and the Arts ....
, Fundacion Cultural Bancomer, the Rockefeller Foundation) grant for the San Miguel Poetry Week, which she founded in 1997 with her sister, Barbara Sibley. She is a MacDowell Colony Fellow and was the Thornton Writer-in-Residence at Lynchburg College in Virginia and the Sandburg-Auden-Stein Poet-in-Residence at Olivet College in Michigan.
Clement's work has appeared in numerous anthologies including The Best of The American Voice and Akzente, The London Times, The Sunday Herald, Poetry London
Poetry London
Poetry London is a London-based literary periodical. As Poetry London: A Bi-Monthly of Modern Verse and Criticism it was founded by Tambimuttu and the first issue was dated January/February 1939.In a new form the magazine is still in print....
, National Geographic, The Nation
The Nation
The Nation is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States. The periodical, devoted to politics and culture, is self-described as "the flagship of the left." Founded on July 6, 1865, It is published by The Nation Company, L.P., at 33 Irving Place, New York City.The Nation...
, The American Poetry Review
The American Poetry Review
The American Poetry Review is an American poetry magazine printed every other month on tabloid-sized newsprint.Founded in 1972 by Stephen Berg, APR has always been published from editorial offices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Berg is one of three editors, along with David Bonanno and Elizabeth...
and The Independent
The Independent
The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
magazine, among others, have published her stories, poems and essays. In 2007 the composer Jan Gilbert
Jan Gilbert
Jan Gilbert is an American composer, cellist, and professor of music.-Biography:Janet Monteith Gilbert was born in New York City, NY. She studied cello at the Naples Conservatory and was granted her bachelor of arts in music in 1969 from Douglass College. In 1972 she received a Master of Arts in...
wrote an “Eleven Song Setting” of Clement’s The Lady of the Broom for soprano flute/alto flute, viola and violoncello.
Personal life
Born in 1960 in Greenwich, ConnecticutGreenwich, Connecticut
Greenwich is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 61,171. It is home to many hedge funds and other financial service companies. Greenwich is the southernmost and westernmost municipality in Connecticut and is 38+ minutes ...
, Clement moved in 1961 with her family to Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, where she later attended Edron Academy
Edron Academy
The Edron Academy A.C. is a non-profit school in Mexico. It was founded in 1963 by Edward Foulkes, a Welshman who worked in Mexico in the publishing business and as a teacher for the British Council, and by Ronald Stech, a Canadian who became the school's first administrator...
. She moved to the USA to finish high school at Cranbrook Kingswood School, before studying English and anthropology at New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
. Clement lives in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
. She is the co-director and founder of the San Miguel Poetry Week. She has a son and a daughter, Richard and Sylvia.
Awards and honours
- National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction 2012
- President of PEN MEXICO
- Nominated for a 2011 Pushcart Prize
- Encyclopedia of Contemporary Writers and Their Work (Literary Movements), entry on Page 68, Facts on File, 2010
- The Sandburg-Auden-Stein Poet-in-Residence, Olivet College, 2011
- Writer-in-Residence PEN Vlaanderen, Antwerp, Belgium, 2010
- Nominated for a 2009 Pushcart Prize
- The Thornton Writer-in-Residence, Lynchburg College, VA, Fall 2009
- Robert and Stephanie Olmsted Fellow 2007-2008 (awarded by The MacDowell Colony)
- MacDowell Colony Fellowship, 2007
- Residency in Berlin granted by the Goethe Institute and Literarisches Colloquium Berlin, 2004
- Finalist in the Orange Prize for Fiction 2002, UK (for A True Story Based on Lies)
- The Canongate Prize for New Writing 2001, UK (judged by The Herald, The Sunday Herald, Waterstone's, Channel Four BBC, and Canongate Books)
- The Bookseller's Choice List, UK, (for the memoir Widow Basquiat).
- U.S.-Mexico Fund for Culture (Conaculta/Fonca/Bancomer/The Rockefeller Foundation) grant in support of The San Miguel Poetry Week.
Grant awarded by the Mexican “Systema Nacional de Creadores”, FONCA, 2000 -2006.
Books
- The Next Stranger, Ediciones El Tucan de Virginia, 1993. (Introduction by W.S. Merwin).
- Newton's Sailor, Ediciones El Tucan de Virginia, 1997. (Introduction by Ramón Xirau).
- Widow Basquiat, Canongate Books Ltd., U.K., 2000.
Foreign rights sales for Widow Basquiat:
1. Canongate Books, Grove Atlantic, USA, 2001.
2. Plaza & Janes, Mexico, 2000.
3. Debate, Spain, 2001.
4. Denöel, Gallimard, France, 2001.
5. Jaeum & Moeum Publishing, Seoul, Korea, 2001.
6. Shearsman Books, UK/USA, 2010
4. A True Story Based On Lies, Canongate Books, Ltd., UK, 2001.
Foreign rights sales for A True Story Based on Lies:
1. Canongate Books, Grove Atlantic, USA, 2001.
2. Plaza & Janes, Mexico, 2001.
3. Anagrama, Spain, 2001.
5. Temas y Debates, Portugal, 2001.
7. Hed Arzi (Sifriat Ma'ariv) Publishing House, Israel. 2001
8. Arena, Holland, 2001.
9. Instar Libri, Italy, 2002
10. Editions Autrement, France, 2010
11. Mala Kurka, Poland, 2012
5. The Next Stranger & Newton’s Sailor, Ecrivants des Forges, Quebec, Canada and Paris, France, 2001.
6. Lady of the Broom, Aldus, Mexico, 2002.
7. Widow Basquiat (Fragment) La Centena, Conaculta, Mexico, 2003
8. A Salamander-Child, The Canongate Prize, (Illustrated by Gustavo Monroy) Aldus, Mexico, 2007.
9. The Poison That Fascinates, Canongate Books, World Rights, UK. 2008
Foreign rights sales for: The Poison That Fascinates:
1. Azoth Books, Taipei, Taiwan, 2009
2. Editorial Planteta, Madrid, Spain, 2009
3. Shanghai 99 Culture Consulting, China, 2009
4. Newton Compton Editori, Italy, 2009
5. Mala Kurka, Poland, 2011
10. The New and Selected Poems, Shearsman Books. UK. 2009
11. Fanny Calderon de La Barca, Selected Letters on Mexico’s Independence, Anglo Mexican Foundation, 2010