Adrian Matejka

Adrian Matejka (born in Nuremberg, Germany) is an African-American poet.

Adrian Matejka
Interview with Adrian Matejka at the University of Southern Indiana to read from his Pulitzer nominated book The Big Smoke.
BornNuremberg
NationalityAmerican
Alma materIndiana University,
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
GenrePoetry

Life

He graduated from Indiana University, and Southern Illinois University Carbondale with an MFA in Creative Writing. He has received fellowships from the Cave Canem Workshop, the Guggenheim Foundation,[1] the Lannan Foundation,[2] and United States Artists.

He is the author of The Devil's Garden and Mixology. His third collection, The Big Smoke, is about Jack Johnson and was a finalist for the 2013 National Book Award [3] and the 2014 Pulitzer Prize and won an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award.[4] His newest collection, Map to the Stars, was published by Penguin in 2017.

His work has appeared in literary journals and magazines including American Poetry Review, Callaloo,[5] Crab Orchard Review, Gulf Coast, Indiana Review, Poetry, Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, and in anthologies including From the Fishouse (Persea Books, 2009) [6] and The Best American Poetry 2010 (Scribner, 2010).[7]

He teaches literature and creative writing at Indiana University.[8] He lives in Indianapolis, Indiana and was Poet Laureate of Indiana in 2018-2019.

Honors and awards

Published works

Full-Length Poetry Collections

  • Map to the Stars. Penguin Group USA. 2017. ISBN 978-0-143-13057-4.
  • The Big Smoke. Penguin Group USA. 2013. ISBN 978-0-143-12372-9.
  • Mixology. Penguin Group USA. 2009. ISBN 978-0-14-311583-0.
  • The Devil's Garden. Alice James Books. 2003. ISBN 978-1-882295-41-8.

Anthology Publications

References
  1. "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Adrian Matejka". Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  2. "Adrian Matejka". Lannan Foundation. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  3. "2013 National Book Award". Nationalbook.org. 2013-11-20. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
  4. http://www.anisfield-wolf.org
  5. http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/callaloo/v028/28.3matejka.html
  6. "Persea Books Website > "From the Fishouse Book Page". Perseabooks.com. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
  7. "The Best American Poetry 2010, Guest Edited by Amy Gerstler". Bestamericanpoetry.com. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
  8. "Faculty: Creative Writing Program: Indiana University". Iub.edu. Archived from the original on 2014-07-18. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
  9. "Illinois Arts Council Agency". State.il.us. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
  10. Toi Derricotte; Cornelius Eady; Camille T. Dungy, eds. (2006). "Understanding Al Green". Gathering ground: a reader celebrating Cave Canem's first decade. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-06924-8.


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