D. Nurkse. Courtesy Montreal International Poetry Prize.
Dennis Nurkse (born December 13, 1949) is an American poet.[1]
Life[]
Nurkse was born in New Jersey, the son of Estonian refugees who had fled Naziism in Eastern Europe. His father is the economist Ragnar Nurkse.[1]
D. Nurkse has taught workshops at Rikers Island, and his poems about prison life have appeared in the American Poetry Review, Evergreen Review, New Yorker, Paris Review, TriQuarterly, Kenyon Review, and other magazines. He has taught at The New School University and Columbia University, and is currently on the faculty at Sarah Lawrence College.[2][3]
He has translated anonymous medieval and flamenco Spanish lyric poems and has written about the Spanish pastoral poems by contemporary Giannina Braschi.
His work has appeared in the Evergreen Review, New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Poetry, American Poetry Review, Kenyon Review, Times Literary Supplement, Ploughshares, and Paris Review.
Recognition[]
Nurkse has been named Poet laureate of Brooklyn.[4]
Awards[]
- 2007 Guggenheim Fellow
- 1990 Whiting Writers' Award
- NEA fellowship
- NYFA fellowships
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Isolation in Action (chapbook). Brockport, NY: State Street Press, 1988.
- Staggered Lights. Seattle, WA: Owl Creek Press, 1990. ISBN 978-0-937669-42-6
- Voices Over Water: Poetry. St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 1993. ISBN 978-1-55597-188-5
- Leaving Xaia. Marshfield, MA: Four Way Books, 2000.
- The Rules of Paradise. Marshfield, MA: Four Way Books, 2001.
- The Fall. New York: Knopf, 2002.
- Burnt Island: Three suites. New York: Knopf, 2005. ISBN 978-1-4000-4350-7
- The Border Kingdom: Poems. New York: Knopf, 2008.
- A Night in Brooklyn:Poems. New York: Knopf, 2012.
Non-fiction[]
- At Special Risk: The impact of political violence on minors in Haiti. New York : Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, 1992.
D. Nurkse American Poets Reading
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[5]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 D. Nurkse, Poets.org, Academy of American Poets. Web, Jan. 2, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.slc.edu/undergraduate/study/arts/writing/faculty.html
- ↑ http://mfa.newark.rutgers.edu/faculty/dennisnurkse.htm
- ↑ D. Nurkse, Poetry Foundation, Web, Nov. 15, 2012.
- ↑ Search results = au:D. Nurkse, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Jan. 1, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- "Novel To Be Read With Closed Eyes" and "Letter From Pico" at Ars Interpres International
- from "Love in the Last Days"
- Three D. Nurkse poems
- D. Nurkse profile & 4 poems at the Academy of American Poets
- D. Nurkse at the Poetry Foundation
- Audio / video
- Books
- D. Nurkse at Amazon.com
- About
- Poetry and Endless War: Interview with Dennis Nurkse in the Bloomsbury Review [.PDF]
- A Conversation with D. Nurkse
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