Claire Donato Explained

Birth Name:Claire Elisabeth Donato
Birth Date:September 12, 1986
Birth Place:Wilmington, DE
Notable Works:Burial (2013), The Second Body (2016), The One on Earth: Selected Works of Mark Baumer (2021), Kind Mirrors, Ugly Ghosts (2023).

Claire Elisabeth Donato (born September 12, 1986, in Wilmington, DE) is an American writer and multidisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY.[1]

Early life and education

Donato grew up in and around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 2010, she received her MFA in Literary Arts from Brown University,[2] where she studied with C.D. Wright and Keith Waldrop. Prior to attending Brown, she received a BA in English Writing from the University of Pittsburgh, where she studied with Ross Gay.

Her first language was French.[3] [4] [5]

Career

In addition to her writing, Donato is the creator of various feminist digital artworks and performance interventions, and is also an illustrator, photographer, singer-songwriter, and practitioner of Zen meditation. [6] [7] [8] [9] She has collaborated with artists including Anna Moschovakis, Told Slant, David Jhave Johnston, Anastasios Karnazes, and Mark Baumer.[10] [11] She is currently the Assistant Chairperson of Writing at Pratt Institute, where she virtually addressed the Class of 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic alongside Neil Gaiman.[4] [12]

Works

Donato's works include publications in Forever, Parapraxis, GoldFlakePaint, The Chicago Review, The Brooklyn Rail, Oversound, VICE, DIAGRAM, The Believer, BOMB, and Harp & Altar. Her books are:

Her collaboration with Jeff T. Johnson on SPECIAL AMERICA was an ongoing performance that ended in 2016.[22] This work started within the electronic literature community as a performance and was translated as a movie.[23] She collaborated on netprovs such as All Time High.[24] Her video-based work, Material Studies has been shown at the New York Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) PS1, Knockdown Center, Harvard University, and University Fernando Pessoa.[25]

Awards

John Hawkes Prize in Fiction for Burial[5] judged by Robert Coover.

2020 Distinguished Teacher Award at Pratt Institute

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 2020-10-08. Practice: A Visit to Writing Professor Claire Donato's Creative Sanctuary (Published 2020). en-US. Prattfolio. 2021-05-31.
  2. Web site: Celebrating Women in E-Lit . 2024-02-25 . Electronic Literature Lab . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2016-01-25. Poet of the Week: Claire Donato. 2021-05-31. Brooklyn Poets. en-US.
  4. Web site: Claire Donato Bio. 2021-04-28. www.somanytumbleweeds.com.
  5. Web site: 2015-01-15 . Claire Donato . 2024-02-25 . Healthy Artists . en.
  6. Web site: Claire Donato ELMCIP. 2021-04-28. elmcip.net.
  7. Web site: Music: Claire Donato. 2021-05-31. www.bandcamp.com.
  8. News: 2020-10-08. Practice: A Visit to Writing Professor Claire Donato's Creative Sanctuary (Published 2020). en-US. Prattfolio. 2021-05-31.
  9. Web site: Virtual Book Launch for The One on Earth: Works by Mark Baumer featuring Ottessa Moshfegh, Jonathan Lethem, Blake Butler, Shane Jones and Claire Donato. 2021-05-31. www.powerhousearena.com. 4 May 2021 .
  10. News: 2020-10-08. Practice: A Visit to Writing Professor Claire Donato's Creative Sanctuary (Published 2020). en-US. Prattfolio. 2021-05-31.
  11. Web site: Mark Baumer & Claire Donato: Siblings Not Siblings. 2021-05-31. www.tarpaulinsky.com. 25 January 2019 .
  12. Web site: Claire Donato: Distinguished Teacher 2020-2021. 2021-05-31. www.prattsenate.org.
  13. Web site: The One on Earth: Selected Works of Mark Baumer. Fence Books. 31 May 2021.
  14. Web site: Claire Donato • Tarpaulin Sky Press . 2024-02-25 . Tarpaulin Sky Press . en-US.
  15. Web site: Review: Burial . 31 May 2021 . Publishers Weekly.
  16. News: Jakubowski . Matthew . July 2, 2013 . REVIEW: "Burial," by Claire Donato . 8 July 2021 . Star Tribune.
  17. News: Cain . Amina . December 12, 2013 . "Something Has Brought Me Here" . 8 July 2021 . The Paris Review.
  18. Web site: 2021-10-27 . Claire Donato . 2024-02-25 . Chicago Review . en-US.
  19. Web site: 2013-07-14 . Some Thoughts About Claire Donato's Burial . 2024-02-25 . BIG OTHER . en-US.
  20. Web site: Review: The Second Body . 31 May 2021 . Publishers Weekly.
  21. Web site: Claire Donato - Kind Mirrors, Ugly Ghosts . 2024-02-25 . Printed Matter . en.
  22. Web site: Claire Donato, Author at The Rumpus . 2024-02-25 . The Rumpus . en-US.
  23. Web site: Special America (Claire Donato and Jeff T. Johnson) ELMCIP . 2024-02-25 . elmcip.net.
  24. 2023-02-05 . Claire Donato Netprov Interview, Dec 2022 › electronic book review . Electronic Book Review . 2024-02-25 . en-US . Wittig . Claire Donato Rob .
  25. Web site: Darling . Kristina Marie . 2019-03-14 . For Years, I Wrote in Code to Protect Others from My Thinking by Claire Donato . 2024-02-25 . Tupelo Quarterly . en-US.

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