Henri Cole

Henri Cole (born 1956) is an American poet born in Fukuoka, Japan and raised in Virginia, United States. From 1982 until 1988 he was executive director of The Academy of American Poets. Since that time he has held many teaching positions and been the artist-in-residence at various institutions, including Brandeis University, Columbia University, Davidson College, Harvard University, Reed College, Smith College, Ohio State University, and his alma mater, The College of William and Mary. He currently teaches at Yale University [http://www.yale.edu/english/profiles/cole.html] .

Analysis of work

Cole's autobiographical poems are as attentive to suffering as delight. Recurring symbols of alienation and classical representations of gender help elevate him among his contemporaries.

Books of poetry

* 2007: "Blackbird and Wolf", Farrar, Straus & Giroux
* 2005: "Vingt-Deux Poèmes", Paris: Yvon Lambert
* 2003: "Middle Earth", Farrar, Straus & Giroux
* 1998: "The Visible Man"
* 1995: "The Look of Things"
* 1989: "The Zoo Wheel of Knowledge"
* 1986: "The Marble Queen"

Awards and honors

* 2008 — Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize for "Blackbird and Wolf", Academy of American Poets
* 2008 — Ambassador Book Award in Poetry for "Blackbird and Wolf", English-Speaking Union of the United States
* 2008 — Massachusetts Book Award in Poetry for "Blackbird and Wolf"
* 2008 — Lambda Literary Award in Poetry for "Blackbird and Wolf"
* 2007 — United States Artists USA Hildreth/Williams Fellow, Literature
* 2004 — Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for "Middle Earth"
* 2004 — John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
* 2004 — Award in Literature, American Academy of Arts and Letters
* 2004 — Finalist, Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for "Middle Earth"
* 2004 — Massachusetts Book Award in Poetry for "Middle Earth"
* 2001 — Japan-US Friendship Commission, Creative Artist Fellowship
* 2000 — Berlin Prize, American Academy in Berlin
* 1995 — Rome Prize in Literature, American Academy of Arts and Letters
* 1993 — National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
* 1989 — Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship

External links

* [http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/1083 Academy of American Poets -- Henri Cole's webpage]
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3692/is_200405/ai_n9401647/print American Poetry Review Interview]
* [http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/authors/cole/poetsonpoetry.html A personal essay: "How I Grew"]
* [http://www.poetrysociety.org/cole.html An interview: "What is American about American poetry"]
* [http://www.unitedstatesartists.org/Public/USAFellows2007/USAFellows2007/HenriCole/index.cfm Henri Cole 2007 USA Fellow]

References

* http://www.yale.edu/english/profiles/cole.html .