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Andrew Zawacki (born May 22, 1972) is an American
poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...
, critic, editor, and translator. He was a 2016 Howard Foundation Fellow in Poetry. Zawacki's first book, ''By Reason of Breakings'', won the 2001
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Contemporary Poetry Series, chosen by
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. Work from his second book, ''Anabranch'', was awarded the 2002 Cecil Hemley Memorial Award from the
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. The volume also includes his 2001 chapbook ''Masquerade'', selected by C.D. Wright to receive the 2002 Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award. "Georgia", a long poem opening Zawacki's third book, ''Petals of Zero Petals of One'', won the 1913 Prize and was published in ''1913: a journal of forms'', with short introductions by
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and
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. He has held fellowships from the Collège International des Traducteurs Littéraires and the Résidence internationale Ville de Paris / Institut Français aux Récollets in France, the Bogliasco Foundation] in Italy,
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in Scotland, Le Château de Lavigny in Switzerland, the Salzburg Seminar in American Studies in Austria, the University of Paris IV—La Sorbonne in France, the Slovenian Writers' Association in Slovenia, the Millay Colony, the Saltonstall Colony, and the
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. Zawacki coedited the international literary magazine
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with
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from 1995 through 2019. A Distinguished Research Professor of English, Zawacki has taught at the
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since 2005.


Life and work

Zawacki was educated at the
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and, as a
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, at the
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and the
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. A former Fulbright Scholar to Australia, he earned his Ph.D. from the Committee on Social Thought at the
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. Zawacki is a member of
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fraternity. Along with
Andrew Joron Andrew Joron (born March 6, 1955) is an American writer of experimental poetry, speculative fiction, and lyrical and critical essays. He began by writing science fiction poetry. Joron's later poetry, combining scientific and philosophical ideas ...
, Zawacki is the literary co-executor of poet, novelist, and essayist Gustaf Sobin.University of Arizona Poetry Center, Words Through: a Tribute to Gustaf Sobin
On the occasion of the publication of Sobin's ''Collected Poetry'' March 2010. The tribute took place on March 6, 2010 and featured, along with Joron and Zawacki, other writers and artists
Zawacki's essays and reviews have appeared in national and international journals, among them the ''
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'', ''
Boston Review ''Boston Review'' is an American quarterly political and literary magazine. It publishes political, social, and historical analysis, literary and cultural criticism, book reviews, fiction, and poetry, both online and in print. Its signature form ...
'', ''
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'', ''How2'', ''Open Letter'', ''Australian Book Review'', ''New German Critique'', ''P.N. Review'', and elsewhere. He edited ''Afterwards: Slovenian Writing 1945-1995'', the first comprehensive anthology of Slovenian poetry, fiction, and non-fiction to appear in the US, as well as editing and co-translating
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's new and selected poems, ''Without Anesthesia'' (Persea Books, 2011). He is also the translator, from the French, of poet and psychoanalyst Sébastien Smirou's books ''See About: Bestiary'' (La Presse /
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, 2017) and ''My Lorenzo'', published in 2012 by
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with an introduction by
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. Zawacki has earned translation fellowships from the
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, the Centre National du Livre, and French Voices, and has also translated
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,
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, and
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. Translated into French by Sika Fakambi, ''Georgia'' was published in France in 2009 by Éditions de l'Attente, who also brought out ''Carnet Bartleby'', in Fakambi's translation, in 2012. The French edition of Zawacki's first book, ''Par Raison de brisants'', translated by Antoine Cazé, was issued by Éditions Grèges in 2011 and was a finalist for Le Prix Nelly Sachs. Translated by Anne Portugal, ''Sonnetssonnants'' appeared in a bilingual edition in the Collection américaine from Joca Seria. He is of Polish descent.Józef Wittlin & Modern Polish and Polish-American Poetry: A Commemorative Anthology. 2001.


Bibliography


Full-length poetry volumes

*''By Reason of Breakings'' (University of Georgia Press,
2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...
) *''Anabranch'' (Wesleyan University Press,
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
) *''Petals of Zero Petals of One'' (Talisman House,
2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
) *''Videotape'' (Counterpath Press,
2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
) *''Unsun : f/11'' (Coach House Books,
2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
)


Chapbooks

*''Masquerade'' (Vagabond Press,
2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
) *''Bartleby's Waste-book'' (PS Books,
2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
) *''Videotape'' (Particular Press,
2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
) *''Lumièrethèque'' (Blue Hour Press,
2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
) *''Roche limit'' (tir aux pigeons,
2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
) *''Glassscape'' (Projective Industries,
2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
) *''Georgia'' (Scary Topiary / Katalanché,
2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
) *''Four Poets'', edited by Barbara Claire Freeman, alongside
Brenda Hillman Brenda Hillman (born March 27, 1951, in Tucson, Arizona) is an American poet and translator. She is the author of ten collections of poetry: ''White Dress'', ''Fortress'', ''Death Tractates'', ''Bright Existence'', ''Loose Sugar'', ''Cascadia'', ' ...
,
Joshua Marie Wilkinson Joshua Marie Wilkinson (born December 2, 1977) is an American poet, editor, publisher, and filmmaker. Life He was born on December 2, 1977, and raised in Haller Lake neighborhood, Seattle, Washington. His given name is Joshua Wilson; his grandm ...
, and Brett Fletcher Lauer (Minus A,
2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
) *''Arrow's shadow'' (Equipage,
2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
) *''Sonnensonnets'' (Tammy,
2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
) *''Waterfall plot'' (Greying Ghost,
2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
)


Edited volumes

*''Afterwards: Slovenian Writing 1945-1995'' (White Pine,
1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
) *''Miracle of Measure Ascendant: A Festschrift for Gustaf Sobin'' (Talisman House, 2005), co-edited with Andrew Joron *''The Verse Book of Interviews: 27 Poets On Language, Craft & Culture'' (Verse, 2005), co-edited with Brian Henry *''Collected Poems'' of Gustaf Sobin (Talisman House, 2010), co-edited with Edward Foster, Andrew Joron, and Esther Sobin *''Without Anesthesia: New and Selected Poems'' of Aleš Debeljak (Persea Books, 2011)


Translated books

*''Without Anesthesia: New and Selected Poems'' of Aleš Debeljak (Persea Books, 2011) *''My Lorenzo'' by Sébastien Smirou (Burning Deck, 2012) *''See About: Bestiary'' by Sébastien Smirou (La Presse / Fence Books, 2017)


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External links


Author Page: Andrew Zawacki > Wave Books
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zawacki, Andrew 1972 births Living people 21st-century American poets Alumni of the University of St Andrews Alumni of University College, Oxford American people of Polish descent American Rhodes Scholars College of William & Mary alumni University of Chicago alumni