Sharon Dolin Explained

Sharon Dolin
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York
Education:Cornell University, University of California at Berkeley

Sharon Dolin is an American poet, translator, and essayist, who is noted for her work in ekphrasis—writing in dialogue with art.[1]

Life

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, she lives in Manhattan, where she is Associate Editor of Barrow Street Press and directs Writing about Art in Barcelona. Dolin earned her B.A. degree from Cornell University in 1977, an M.A. from University of California at Berkeley in 1982, and a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1990.Dolin received the Witter Bynner Fellowship from the Library of Congress[2] and the AWP Donald Hall Prize for Poetry.[3]

Dolin co-founded the Center for Book Arts Letterpress Poetry Chapbook Competition as well as the CBA Broadside Reading Series. She has taught at The Cooper Union, Hofstra University, The New School (where she was Writer-in-Residence at Eugene Lang College from 2006 to 2012), the Unterberg Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y,[4] and Poets House.

Published works

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Manual For Living by Sharon Dolin. August 24, 2016. The Rumpus.net.
  2. Web site: Witter Bynner Fellowships (Prizes and Fellowships, The Poetry and Literature Center at the Library of Congress). www.loc.gov.
  3. Web site: AWP: Award Series Winners. www.awpwriter.org.
  4. Book: Deborah Ager. M. E. Silverman. The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry. 26 September 2013. A&C Black. 978-1-4411-8304-0. 51.

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