Saskia Hamilton (born 1967 Washington, D.C.) is an American poet. She graduated from

Kenyon College Kenyon College is a private liberal arts college in Gambier, Ohio. It was founded in 1824 by Philander Chase. Kenyon College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Kenyon has 1,708 undergraduates enrolled. Its 1,000-acre campus is ...

with a B.A., from

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, ...

with an M.A., and from

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original c ...

with Ph.D. She worked for the

Folger Shakespeare Library The Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research library on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., United States. It has the world's largest collection of the printed works of William Shakespeare, and is a primary repository for rare mater ...

, and the

Lannan Foundation The Lannan Literary Awards are a series of awards and literary fellowships given out in various fields by the Lannan Foundation. Established in 1989, the awards are meant "to honor both established and emerging writers whose work is of exceptional ...

and now teaches at

Barnard College Barnard College of Columbia University is a private women's liberal arts college in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a group of women led by young student activist Annie Nathan Meyer, who petitioned Col ...

. She was a judge for the 2009

Griffin Poetry Prize The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's most generous poetry award. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin. Before 2022, the awards went to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language. ...

Awards

* Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Fellowship *

National Endowment for the Arts The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created in 1965 as an independent agency of the federa ...

Fellowship * 2009

Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the ar ...

Works

*''Corridor'', Graywolf Press, 2014, *''Canal'' ''Arc'', 2005, *''Divide These'', Graywolf Press, 2005, *''As for Dream'', Graywolf Press, 2001,

As editor

*''The Letters of Robert Lowell'' Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007,
''Words in Air: The Complete Correspondence Between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell''
Editors Thomas Travisano, Saskia Hamilton, Macmillan, 2010,

References in culture

*Saskia Hamilton was featured on the tenth track of the 2010

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collaborative album '' Lonely Avenue'' as the subject of an eponymous song.

References

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