Brian Henry is an American poet, translator, editor, and literary critic.

Biography

Henry completed a B.A. at the

College of William and Mary The College of William & Mary (abbreviated as W&M) is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1693 under a royal charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II, it is the second-oldest instit ...

and an

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at the

University of Massachusetts Amherst The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) is a public land-grant research university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system and was founded in 1863 as the ...

. He has published poetry in magazines including '' American Poetry Review'', ''

The Paris Review ''The Paris Review'' is a quarterly English-language literary magazine established in Paris in 1953 by Harold L. Humes, Peter Matthiessen, and George Plimpton. In its first five years, ''The Paris Review'' published new works by Jack Kerouac, ...

'', ''

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 ...

'' and ''

Virginia Quarterly Review The ''Virginia Quarterly Review'' is a quarterly literary magazine that was established in 1925 by James Southall Wilson, at the request of University of Virginia president E. A. Alderman. This ''"National Journal of Literature and Discussio ...

'' and his work has been translated into Russian, Croatian, Serbian, and Slovenian. Henry's poetry criticism has appeared in the publications including ''

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'', the ''

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'', ''

Kenyon Review ''The Kenyon Review'' is a literary magazine based in Gambier, Ohio, home of Kenyon College. ''The Review'' was founded in 1939 by John Crowe Ransom, critic and professor of English at Kenyon College, who served as its editor until 1959 in litera ...

'', ''

The Georgia Review ''The Georgia Review'' is a literary journal based in Athens, Georgia. Founded at University of Georgia in 1947, the journal features poetry, fiction, essays, book reviews, and visual art. The journal has won National Magazine Awards for Ficti ...

'', and ''

The Yale Review ''The Yale Review'' is the oldest literary journal in the United States. It is published by Johns Hopkins University Press. It was founded in 1819 as ''The Christian Spectator'' to support Evangelicalism. Over time it began to publish more on ...

''. His essays have been reprinted in such books as ''Imagining Australia'' (

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). Henry has translated ''Woods and Chalices'' (Harcourt, 2008) by the Slovenian poet

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and ''The Book of Things'' (BOA Editions, 2010) by the Slovenian poet Aleš Šteger. His translation of ''Book of Things'' won the 2011

Best Translated Book Award The Best Translated Book Award was an American literary award that recognized the previous year's best original translation into English, one book of poetry and one of fiction. It was inaugurated in 2008 and was conferred by Three Percent, the onl ...

. In 2019 he was a contributor to ''A New Divan: A Lyrical Dialogue between East and West'' ( Gingko Library). Henry has taught at

Plymouth State College Plymouth State University (abbrevriated PSU), formerly Plymouth State College, is a public university in Plymouth, New Hampshire, United States. As of fall 2020, Plymouth State University enrolls 4,491 students (3,739 undergraduate students and 7 ...

and the

University of Georgia The University of Georgia (UGA or Georgia) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its main campus in Athens, Georgia, United States. Chartered in 1785, it is the oldest public university in th ...

. He currently teaches creative writing and literature at the

University of Richmond The University of Richmond (UR or U of R) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Richmond, Virginia, United States. It is a primarily undergraduate, residential institution with approxim ...

. He lives in

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Books

* ''Static & Snow'' (Black Ocean, 2015) * ''Brother No One'' (

Salt Publishing Salt Publishing is an independent publisher whose origins date back to 1990 when poet John Kinsella launched ''Salt Magazine'' in Western Australia. The journal rapidly developed an international reputation as a leading publisher of new poetry ...

, 2013) * ''Doppelganger'' (Talisman House, 2011) * ''Lessness'' (Ahsahta Press, 2011) * ''Wings Without Birds'' (

, 2010) * ''In the Unlikely Event of a Water'' ( Equipage, 2007) * ''The Stripping Point'' (Counterpath Press, 2007) *'' Quarantine'' (Ahsahta Press, 2006/ Arc Publications, 2009) * ''Graft'' ( New Issues Press/Arc Publications, 2003) * ''American Incident'' (

, 2002) * ''Astronaut'' (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2002/ Arc Publications, 2000) * ''The Verse Book of Interviews'' (co-ed.) (Verse Press, 2005) * ''On James Tate'' (ed.) (University of Michigan Press, 2004)

Honors

, ''Book of Things'', 2011 * Howard Foundation grant for Literary Translation, 2011 *

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Translation Grant, 2010 * Treci Trg Prize, Serbia, 2009 * Cecil B. Hemeley Memorial Award from the

Poetry Society of America Poetry (from the Greek word '' poiesis'', "making") is a form of literary art that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, literal or surface-level meanings. Any partic ...

, 2008 * Alice Fay di Castagnola Award from the

for Quarantine, 2003 * Carole Weinstein Poetry Prize, 2006 *

George Bogin Memorial Award The Poetry Society of America's George Bogin Memorial Award is given "by the family and friends of George Bogin for a selection of four or five poems that use language in an original way to reflect the encounter of the ordinary and the extraordinar ...

from the

, 2001 * Finalist for the

Forward Prize The Forward Prizes for Poetry are major British awards for poetry, presented annually at a public ceremony in London. They were founded in 1992 by William Sieghart with the aim of celebrating excellence in poetry and increasing its audience. The ...

in England for Astronaut, 2000 *

Fulbright Scholarship The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States cultural exchange programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people ...

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, 1997

External links

''University of Richmond page''
(faculty web page)

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