Matt Donovan (poet)
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Matt Donovan is an American poet
. He won a 2010 Whiting Writers' Award
.
with a BA, from Lancaster University
with an MA, and from New York University
with an MFA. He teaches at Santa Fe University of Art and Design.
He won a Pushcart Prize, an National Endowment for the Arts
Fellowship, the 2008 Larry Levis Reading Prize, the 2009 Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize, a 2010 Lannan Foundation Writing Residency Fellowship. Vellum won the 2006 Bakeless Prize.
His work appeared in AGNI, Blackbird, Poetry, The Kenyon Review, The Gettysburg Review, The Threepenny Review, and The Virginia Quarterly Review.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
. He won a 2010 Whiting Writers' Award
Whiting Writers' Award
The Whiting Writers' Award is an American award presented annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and plays. The award is sponsored by the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation and has been presented since 1985. As of 2007, winners receive US $50,000.-External links:**...
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Life
He graduated from Vassar CollegeVassar College
Vassar College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States. The Vassar campus comprises over and more than 100 buildings, including four National Historic Landmarks, ranging in style from Collegiate Gothic to International,...
with a BA, from Lancaster University
Lancaster University
Lancaster University, officially The University of Lancaster, is a leading research-intensive British university in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established by Royal Charter in 1964 and initially based in St Leonard's Gate until moving to a purpose-built 300 acre campus at...
with an MA, and from 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...
with an MFA. He teaches at Santa Fe University of Art and Design.
He won a Pushcart Prize, an National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
Fellowship, the 2008 Larry Levis Reading Prize, the 2009 Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize, a 2010 Lannan Foundation Writing Residency Fellowship. Vellum won the 2006 Bakeless Prize.
His work appeared in AGNI, Blackbird, Poetry, The Kenyon Review, The Gettysburg Review, The Threepenny Review, and The Virginia Quarterly Review.
External links
- http://coldfrontmag.com/tag/matt-donovan