Brian Henry
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Brian Henry is an American poet, translator, editor, and literary critic. He lives in Richmond, Virginia
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and an MFA Program for Poets & Writers
at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Henry has published poetry in magazines including American Poetry Review, The Paris Review, Boston Review
and Virginia Quarterly Review and his work has been translated into Russian, Croatian, Serbian, and Slovenian. Henry's poetry criticism has appeared in the publications including New York Times Book Review, the Times Literary Supplement, The Kenyon Review, The Georgia Review, and The Yale Review
. His essays have been reprinted in such books as Imagining Australia (Harvard University Press
).
Henry has translated Woods and Chalices (Harcourt, 2008) by the Slovenian poet Tomaž Šalamun
and The Book of Things (BOA Editions, 2010) by the Slovenian poet Aleš Šteger
. Henry's translation of Book of Things won the 2011 Best Translated Book Award
.
Henry has taught at Plymouth State College and the University of Georgia
. He currently teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Richmond
and in the low residency MFA program at New England College.
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...
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Education
Henry completed a BA at the College of William and MaryCollege of William and Mary
The College of William & Mary in Virginia is a public research university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States...
and an MFA Program for Poets & Writers
MFA Program for Poets & Writers
The MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a graduate creative writing program.-History:The MFA Program for Poets & Writers was founded in the 1960s by poet Joseph Langland and is part of the English Department at the University of Massachusetts...
at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Henry has published poetry in magazines including American Poetry Review, The Paris Review, Boston Review
Boston Review
Boston Review is a bimonthly American political and literary magazine. The magazine covers, specifically, political debates, literature, and poetry...
and Virginia Quarterly Review and his work has been translated into Russian, Croatian, Serbian, and Slovenian. Henry's poetry criticism has appeared in the publications including New York Times Book Review, the Times Literary Supplement, The Kenyon Review, The Georgia Review, and The Yale Review
Yale Review
The Yale Review is the self-proclaimed oldest literary quarterly in the United States. It is published by Yale University.It was founded originally in 1819 as The Christian Spectator. At its origin it was published to support Evangelicalism, but over time began to publish more on history and...
. His essays have been reprinted in such books as Imagining Australia (Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. In 2005, it published 220 new titles. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. Its current director is William P...
).
Henry has translated Woods and Chalices (Harcourt, 2008) by the Slovenian poet Tomaž Šalamun
Tomaz Salamun
Tomaž Šalamun is a Slovenian poet. He was born in 1941 in Zagreb, Croatia, and raised in Koper, Slovenia. He has published 39 collections of poetry in his native Slovenian language. Šalamun spent two years at the University of Iowa Writer's Workshop in the 1970s and has lived for periods of time in...
and The Book of Things (BOA Editions, 2010) by the Slovenian poet Aleš Šteger
Aleš Šteger
Aleš Šteger is a Slovene poet, writer, editor and literary critic. His poetry has been translated into numerous languages and published in over two hundred literary journals and magazines internationally....
. Henry's translation of Book of Things won the 2011 Best Translated Book Award
Best Translated Book Award
Best Translated Book Award is an annual literature award given by Three Percent, the online literature magazine of Open Letter Books, which is the book translation press of the University of Rochester. It is awarded to the best original translation published that year. A long list and short list...
.
Henry has taught at Plymouth State College and the University of Georgia
University of Georgia
The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
. He currently teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Richmond
University of Richmond
The University of Richmond is a selective, private, nonsectarian, liberal arts university located on the border of the city of Richmond and Henrico County, Virginia. The University of Richmond is a primarily undergraduate, residential university with approximately 4,000 undergraduate and graduate...
and in the low residency MFA program at New England College.
Books
- Lessness (Ahsahta Press, 2011)
- Wings Without Birds (Salt PublishingSalt PublishingSalt Publishing is an independent publisher whose origins date back to 1990 when poet John Kinsella launched Salt Magazine in Western Australia. The journal rapidly developed an international reputation as a leading publisher of new poetry and poetics...
, 2010) - In the Unlikely Event of a Water (EquipageEquipageEquipage is a small press publisher of poetry, based in Cambridge, run by the poet and academic Rod Mengham. Equipage's authors include J. H. Prynne, Tom Raworth, Barry MacSweeney, Anna Mendelssohn , Peter Gizzi, Brian Henry, and John Kinsella....
, 2007) - The Stripping Point (Counterpath Press, 2007)
- Quarantine (Ahsahta Press, 2006/ Arc Publications, 2009)
- Graft (New Issues PressNew Issues PressNew Issues Press is a literary press associated with Western Michigan University. It was founded by poet and Western Michigan University professor Herbert S. Scott...
/Arc Publications, 2003) - American Incident (Salt PublishingSalt PublishingSalt Publishing is an independent publisher whose origins date back to 1990 when poet John Kinsella launched Salt Magazine in Western Australia. The journal rapidly developed an international reputation as a leading publisher of new poetry and poetics...
, 2002) - Astronaut (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2002/ Arc Publications, 2000)
- The Verse Book of Interviews (co-ed.) (Verse Press, 2005)
- On James TateJames TateJames Tate may refer to:* James Tate , Headmaster of Richmond School 1796–1833)* James "Honest Dick" Tate , State Treasurer of Kentucky...
(ed.) (University of Michigan Press, 2004)
Honors
- Best Translated Book AwardBest Translated Book AwardBest Translated Book Award is an annual literature award given by Three Percent, the online literature magazine of Open Letter Books, which is the book translation press of the University of Rochester. It is awarded to the best original translation published that year. A long list and short list...
, Book of Things, 2011 - Howard Foundation grant for Literary Translation, 2011
- National Endowment for the ArtsNational Endowment for the ArtsThe 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...
Translation Grant, 2010 - Treci Trg Prize, Serbia, 2009
- Cecil B. Hemeley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of AmericaPoetry Society of AmericaThe Poetry Society of America is a literary organization founded in 1910 by poets, editors, and artists including Witter Bynner. It is the oldest poetry organization in the United States. Past members of the have included such renowned writers as Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Edna St. Vincent...
, 2008 - Alice Fay di Castagnola Award from the Poetry Society of AmericaPoetry Society of AmericaThe Poetry Society of America is a literary organization founded in 1910 by poets, editors, and artists including Witter Bynner. It is the oldest poetry organization in the United States. Past members of the have included such renowned writers as Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Edna St. Vincent...
for Quarantine, 2003 - Carole Weinstein Poetry Prize, 2006
- George Bogin Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of AmericaPoetry Society of AmericaThe Poetry Society of America is a literary organization founded in 1910 by poets, editors, and artists including Witter Bynner. It is the oldest poetry organization in the United States. Past members of the have included such renowned writers as Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Edna St. Vincent...
, 2001 - Finalist for the Forward Prize in England for Astronaut, 2000
- Fulbright Scholarship to AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, 1997
External links
- University of Richmond page (faculty web page)
- "Poets and Writers interview"