Jay Hopler Explained

Jay Hopler
Birth Date:	23 December 1970
Birth Place:	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Death Place:	Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Occupation:	Poet, Professor of English
Education:	Purdue University (PhD) Iowa Writers' Workshop (MFA) Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars (MA) New York University (BA)

Jay Hopler (November 23, 1970 – June 15, 2022)^[1] was an American poet.

Early life and education

Hopler was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He graduated from Purdue University (Ph.D., American Studies), the Iowa Writers’ Workshop (M.F.A., Creative Writing/Poetry), the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars (M.A., Creative Writing/Poetry) and New York University (B.A., English and American Literature).

Career

His poetry, essays, and translations have appeared in numerous magazines and journals, including American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, Mid-American Review, The New Republic and The New Yorker.

Hopler was Professor of English (Creative Writing/Poetry) at the University of South Florida.^[2]

Personal life

Hopler was married to poet and Renaissance scholar Kimberly Johnson.^{[2] [3]}

Death

On 15 June 2022, Hopler died in Salt Lake City, Utah, after a battle with prostate cancer.^[4]

Awards

• 2005 Yale Series of Younger Poets Award, for Green Squall, chosen by Louise Glück^[5]
• 2006 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award for Green Squall
• 2006 Florida Book Award for Green Squall
• 2007 Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award, for Green Squall
• 2007 National “Best Books” Award from USA Book News for Green Squall
• 2009 Lannan Foundation Fellowship
• 2009 Whiting Award^[6]
• 2010/2011 Rome Prize in Literature from the American Academy of Arts & Letters/The American Academy in Rome^{[7] [8]}
• 2014 National “Best Books” Award from USA Book News for Before the Door of God: An Anthology of Devotional Poetry^[9]
• 2016 Florida Book Award in Poetry (Gold Medal) for The Abridged History of Rainfall
• 2016 Finalist, National Book Award for Poetry for The Abridged History of Rainfall^[10]
• 2023 Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for "Still Life"

Works

• Book: Still Life. McSweeney's. 2022. 978-1952119378.
• Book: The Abridged History of Rainfall. McSweeney's Poetry Series. 2016. 978-1944211264.
• Book: Green Squall. Yale University Press. 2006. 978-0-300-11454-6 .

Anthologies

• Book: Before the Door of God: An Anthology of Devotional Poetry. Jay Hopler . Kimberly Johnson. Yale University Press. 2013. 978-0300175202 .
• Book: The Killing Spirit: An Anthology of Murder for Hire. Jay Hopler. Overlook Press. 1996. 978-0-87951-661-1. registration. (Canongate Books 1996)

External links

• Archives of official website
• Profile at The Whiting Foundation

Notes and References

1. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/jay-hopler-1970-2022 Jay Hopler, 1970-2022
2. Web site: USF :: Department of English. english.usf.edu.
3. Web site: Line by line, Utah poet garners a Guggenheim.
4. Web site: Rome . American Academy in . In Memoriam: Jay Hopler, 2011 Fellow . 2022-08-29 . American Academy in Rome . 23 June 2022 . en.
5. Web site: Green Squall . 2023-03-27 . Yale University Press . en-US.
6. Web site: Jay Hopler. www.whiting.org.
7. Web site: Ignacio Villarreal . American Academy in Rome Announces 2010-2011 Rome Prize Winners . Artdaily.com . 2018-10-21.
8. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-04-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923174253/http://www.artsandletters.org/press_releases/2010literature.pdf . 2015-09-23 . dead .
9. Web site: USA Book News . 2015-04-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141108222842/http://www.usabooknews.com/2014awardannouncement.html . 2014-11-08 . dead .
10. Web site: National Book Awards 2016 - National Book Foundation.