Maryann Corbett Explained

Maryann Corbett
Birth Name:Maryann Zillotti
Birth Place:Washington, D.C., U.S.
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:College of William & Mary
Awards:Willis Barnstone Translation Prize (2009)
Richard Wilbur Award (2014)

Maryann Corbett (née Zillotti, Washington, D.C.) is an American poet, medievalist, and linguist.[1]

She grew up in northern Virginia. She did her undergraduate work at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia,[2] and graduated with a doctorate in English from the University of Minnesota.[3]

Her work has appeared in Southwest Review, Barrow Street, Rattle, River Styx, Atlanta Review, The Evansville Review, Measure, Literary Imagination, The Dark Horse, Italian Americana, Mezzo Cammin, Linebreak, Subtropics, Verse Daily, American Life in Poetry, The Poetry Foundation, The Writer's Almanac, and many other venues in print and online, as well as an assortment of anthologies, including The Best American Poetry 2018.[4] She has been a several-time Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee; a finalist for the 2009 Morton Marr Prize, the 2010 Best of the Net anthology, and the 2011 and 2016 Able Muse Book Prize; and a winner of the Lyric Memorial Award, the Willis Barnstone Translation Prize, and the Richard Wilbur Award. Her third book, Mid Evil, is the Wilbur Award winner and has been published by the University of Evansville Press.[5]

She has worked as a writing teacher and master indexer[6] for the Minnesota Legislature, where she has served in the state Office of the Revisor of Statutes for 35 years.[7] She lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota.[8] [9]

Awards

YearSponsor / PrizeResult
2016Able Muse Book Prize
2014Richard Wilbur Award[10] [11]
2011Able Muse Book Prize
2011Best of the Net
2009Morton Marr Prize
2009Willis Barnstone Translation Prize[12]
2008Lyric Memorial Award

Works

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biography . maryanncorbett.com . November 19, 2017 .
  2. Web site: maryanncorbett.com . 2013-01-15.
  3. Web site: Security by Maryann Corbett . ShatterColors Literary Review . 2010-05-02.
  4. Book: Lehman . David . David Lehman. Gioia. Dana . Dana Gioia . Best American Poetry 2018 . 18 September 2018 . Scribner. 9781501127793.
  5. Web site: Maryann Corbett . The HyperTexts . 2014-01-12.
  6. Web site: Push for gender-neutral language continues. Ward. Bill. 2013-05-21. Minnesota Star-Tribune. 2019-12-10.
  7. Web site: Maryann Corbett : Blank Verse and Blinders . The Shit Creek Review . 2007-08-01 . 2010-05-02.
  8. Web site: Directory of Writers | Maryann Corbett . Poets & Writers . 2009-07-22 . 2010-05-02.
  9. Web site: Maryann Corbett | bio . Able Muse . 2010-05-02.
  10. Web site: Biography. maryanncorbett.com . November 18, 2019.
  11. Web site: Light Verse News . Light . November 18, 2018.
  12. Web site: Joyce Wilson . Poetry Porch : Poets . Poetry Porch . 2010-05-02.