Kaveh Akbar

Kaveh Akbar
Kaveh Akbar
Born January 15, 1989
Tehran, Iran
Occupation Poet, editor, professor
Nationality Iranian-American
Notable works Calling a Wolf a Wolf, Portrait of the Alcoholic
Notable awards Pushcart Prize

Kaveh Akbar (born in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian-American poet and scholar.[1] He is the author of Calling a Wolf a Wolf, published by Alice James Books in the US and Penguin Books in the UK, and the chapbook, Portrait of the Alcoholic. In 2014, he founded the poetry interview website Divedapper. He received his MFA from Butler University, and his Ph.D. in Creative Writing from Florida State University. He is a professor at Purdue University, and on the faculty of the low-residency MFA programs at Randolph College and Warren Wilson College.

Biography

His poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Poetry Magazine, Best American Poetry, The New Republic, PBS NewsHour,[2] Tin House, and elsewhere.[3][4][5] Akbar founded the website Divedapper.com, where he interviews major voices in contemporary American poetry,[2] and he is a member of the collective podcast All Up in Your Ears. On September 1, 2016, Akbar was awarded the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation.[6]

Awards and honors

  • Winner of a 2017 Pushcart Prize[7]
  • 2016 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship[8]

Selected poems

Books

  • Portrait of the Alcoholic. Sibling Rivalry Press. 2017. ISBN 978-1943977277.
  • Calling a Wolf a Wolf. Alice James Books. 2017. ISBN 978-1938584671.

References

  1. ↑ Frank, Priscilla (2017-01-30). "Read These Poems By Writers From Each Of The Muslim Ban Countries". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  2. 1 2 Staff, Harriet (5 January 2016). "Kaveh Akbar Reads "Palmyra" at PBS NewsHour". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Read poems from the 7 countries affected by Trump's immigration ban". PBS NewsHour. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  4. ↑ "The Well Review: an arts journal springs up in Cork". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  5. ↑ Frank, Priscilla (2017-02-07). "American Orchestras Are Celebrating Refugees And Immigrants Through Song". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  6. ↑ "2016 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship Winners Announced". The Poetry Foundation. 2016-09-01.
  7. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1640142656020119&id=210550845645981 | Kaveh Akbar's poem awarded a Pushcart Prize https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1640142656020119&id=210550845645981 | Kaveh Akbar's poem awarded a Pushcart Prize Check |url= value (help). Retrieved 2017-09-11. Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |website= (help)
  8. ↑ "Butler Newsroom | Kaveh Akbar MFA '15 Awarded Prestigious Poetry Fellowship". news.butler.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-22.


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