James Brasfield
Encyclopedia
James Brasfield is an American poet
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 translator.

Life

He graduated from Armstrong State College, and Columbia University
Columbia University
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, with an MFA.

His work has appeared in AGNI, Chicago Review, Colorado Review, Crazyhorse, The Iowa Review, New Orleans Review, Poetry Wales, The Seattle Review, and The Southern Review.

He taught at Western Carolina University
Western Carolina University
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He was visiting assistant professor in the University of Memphis
University of Memphis
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He was a Fulbright Scholar at the Kiev University
Kiev University
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, Ukraine.
He teaches in the English Department at Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University
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Awards

  • 2001 NEA Fellowship in Poetry
  • 2000 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation.
  • The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship

Works


(Chapbook)

Translations



External links

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