Jacqueline Osherow
Encyclopedia
Jacqueline Osherow is an American poet
, and Distinguished Professor at University of Utah
.
She graduated from Radcliffe College
with a BA magna cum laude, and from Princeton University
with a PhD.
Her work appeared in The Jewish Daily Forward, and The Yale 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...
, and Distinguished Professor at University of Utah
University of Utah
The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
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Life
She was raised in Philadelphia.She graduated from Radcliffe College
Radcliffe College
Radcliffe College was a women's liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was the coordinate college for Harvard University. It was also one of the Seven Sisters colleges. Radcliffe College conferred joint Harvard-Radcliffe diplomas beginning in 1963 and a formal merger agreement with...
with a BA magna cum laude, and from Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
with a PhD.
Her work appeared in The Jewish Daily Forward, and The Yale Review.
Awards
- 1990 Witter Bynner Poetry PrizeWitter Bynner Poetry PrizeThe Witter Bynner Poetry Prize was established by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 1980 to support the work of a young poet. It is named for poet Witter Bynner...
- 1997 Guggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
- 1999 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...
Fellowship - Ingram Merrill Foundation fellowship
Works
- Looking for Angels in New York, University of Georgia Press, 1988, ISBN 9780820310596
- Conversations with Survivors, University of Georgia Press, 1994, ISBN 9780820316123
External links
- "Q & A: American Poetry - Jacqueline Osherow", Poetry Society of America