Jennifer Grotz
Encyclopedia
Jennifer Grotz is an American
poet and translator who teaches English and creative writing at the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers
and at the University of Rochester
, where she is Assistant Professor. She is also a Contributing Editor for Born Magazine and the Assistant Director of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
.
Grotz grew up in small Texas towns but has lived in France and Poland, all of which inform her poems. Grotz holds degrees from Tulane University
(BA), Indiana University
(MA and MFA), and the University of Houston
(PhD). She also studied Literature at the University of Paris
(La Sorbonne), where she discovered her interest in translating French Poetry. Her poems, translations, and reviews have appeared in many literary journals and magazines, and her work has been included in Best American Poetry.
She currently lives in Rochester, NY, but spends part of her year in France and Poland.
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poet and translator who teaches English and creative writing at the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers
Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers
The Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers is the oldest low-residency creative writing Master of Fine Arts program in the United States. Prior to the founding of this program, an MFA in creative writing was earned via standard residential graduate programs that required students to be in residence...
and at the University of Rochester
University of Rochester
The University of Rochester is a private, nonsectarian, research university in Rochester, New York, United States. The university grants undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral and professional degrees. The university has six schools and various interdisciplinary programs.The...
, where she is Assistant Professor. She is also a Contributing Editor for Born Magazine and the Assistant Director of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
The Bread Loaf Writers' Conference is a writers' conference held every summer at the Bread Loaf Inn, near Bread Loaf Mountain, east of Middlebury, Vermont...
.
Grotz grew up in small Texas towns but has lived in France and Poland, all of which inform her poems. Grotz holds degrees from Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University is a private, nonsectarian research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States...
(BA), Indiana University
Indiana University
Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
(MA and MFA), and the University of Houston
University of Houston
The University of Houston is a state research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1927, it is Texas's third-largest university with nearly 40,000 students. Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of...
(PhD). She also studied Literature at the University of Paris
University of Paris
The University of Paris was a university located in Paris, France and one of the earliest to be established in Europe. It was founded in the mid 12th century, and officially recognized as a university probably between 1160 and 1250...
(La Sorbonne), where she discovered her interest in translating French Poetry. Her poems, translations, and reviews have appeared in many literary journals and magazines, and her work has been included in Best American Poetry.
She currently lives in Rochester, NY, but spends part of her year in France and Poland.
Awards
- 2007: Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award
- 2007: Camargo Fellowship, Cassis, Fance
- 2007: Fellowship from the Vermont Studio CenterVermont Studio CenterThe Vermont Studio Center is a non-profit organization located in the town of Johnson in the U.S. state of Vermont. VSC conducts the largest fine arts and writing residency program in the U.S., with a significant population of international artists in residency...
- 2007: New Writing Award from the Fellowship of Southern WritersFellowship of Southern WritersThe Fellowship of Southern Writers is a literary organization founded in 1987 in Chattanooga, Tennessee by 21 Southern writers and other literary luminaries...
- 2005: Inprint/James Michener Fellowship from the University of HoustonUniversity of HoustonThe University of Houston is a state research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1927, it is Texas's third-largest university with nearly 40,000 students. Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of...
- 2004: Texas Institute of Arts and Letters: Natalie Ornish Poetry Prize for Best First Book
- 2004: Individual Artist Grant from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston
- 2003: American Translators AssociationAmerican Translators AssociationThe American Translators Association was founded in 1959 and is now the largest professional association of translators and interpreters in the United States with more than 10,000 members in 90 countries....
, Student Translation Award - 2002: Katherine Bakeless Nason Poetry Prize
- 2002: Prague Summer Program Fellowship in Poetry
- 2001: Individual Artist Fellowship from the Oregon Arts CommissionOregon Arts CommissionThe Oregon Arts Commission is a governor-appointed body of nine commissioners who allocate grants for artists based in the U.S. state of Oregon. It receives the bulk of its funding through the National Endowment for the Arts, the state, and the Oregon Cultural Trust.-History:Established in 1967,...
- 1997: Fellowship in Poetry from Literary Arts, Inc.
Works
- The Needle, poems (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011)
- Cusp, poems (Houghton Mifflin/Mariner Books, 2003)
- Not Body, limited-edition letterpress poetry chapbook (Urban Editions, 2001)