Sherod Santos (born September 9, 1948 in

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. He is the author of eight collections of poetry, most recently''The Burning World'' (Arrowsmith Press) in 2024, and ''Square Inch Hours'' (W.W. Norton) in 2017. Individual poems have appeared in ''The New Yorker'', ''The Paris Review'',http://www.parisreview.com/results.php?prmKeyword=Sherod%20Santos ''The Nation'', ''Poetry'', ''Proscenium Theatre Journal, American Poetry Review'', and ''The New York Times Book Review''. His plays have been produced at The Algonquin Theatre in New York City, The Royal Court Theatre in London, The Side Project in Chicago, the Brooklyn International Theatre Festival, and the Flint Michigan Play Festival. Santos also wrote the settings for the Sappho poems in the CD ''Magus Insipiens'', composed by Paul Sanchez and sung by soprano Kayleen Sanchez. His many honors and awards include an Academy Award for Literary Excellence from the American Academy of Arts & Letters, a Guggenheim Fellowship, The Umhoefer Prize for Achievement in the Humanities, a National Endowment for the Arts Grant, the Theodore Roethke Memorial Prize. He was a finalist for ''The New Yorker'' Book Award in Poetry as well as The National Book Critics Circle Award and The National Book Award. From 1990 to 1998 he served as external examiner and poet-in-residence at the Poets' House outside Belfast, Northern Ireland. He lives in Santa Fe, where he works with a hunger relief program serving the nine counties of Northern New Mexico.

Honors and awards

* 2024 Selected for ''Best Literary Translations 2024'' * 2006 Umhoefer Prize for Achievement in the Humanities for ''Greek Lyric Poetry: A New Translation'' * 2002 Theodore Roethke Poetry Prize for ''The Pilot Star Elegies'' * 2001

National Book Critics Circle Award The National Book Critics Circle Awards are a set of annual American literary awards by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to promote "the finest books and reviews published in English".National Book Award The National Book Awards (NBA) are a set of annual U.S. literary awards. At the final National Book Awards Ceremony every November, the National Book Foundation presents the National Book Awards and two lifetime achievement awards to authors. ...

Finalist * 1999 Academy Award for Literary Excellence from the American Academy of Arts & Letters * 1999 ''

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'' Book Award in Poetry Finalist * 1998 Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry from the ''Paris Review'' for "Elegy for My Sister" * 1987

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fellowship * 1995

British Arts Council The Arts Council of Great Britain was a non-departmental public body dedicated to the promotion of the fine arts in Great Britain. It was divided in 1994 to form the Arts Council of England (now Arts Council England), the Scottish Arts Council (la ...

International Travel Grant * 1984 The Robert Frost Place poet in residence in Franconia, New Hampshire * 1983 Delmore Schwartz Memorial Award * 1983

Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are Grant (money), grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, endowed by the late Simon Guggenheim, Simon and Olga Hirsh Guggenheim. These awards are bestowed upon indiv ...

* 1982

Ingram Merrill Foundation The Ingram Merrill Foundation was a private foundation established in the mid-1950s by poet James Merrill (1926-1995), using funds from his substantial family inheritance.J. D. McClatchyBraving the Elements ''The New Yorker'', 27 March 1995. Retriev ...

fellowship * 1981 Oscar Blumenthal Prize from ''Poetry magazine'' * 1980 Pushcart Prize in both poetry and the essay * 1978 "Discovery"/''

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'' Award

Published works

Full-Length Poetry Collections * ''The Burning World.'' Arrowsmith Press. 2024, ISBN 979-8-9863401-5-9 * ''Square Inch Hours.'' W. W. Norton & Company. 2017, * * * * * ''The Southern Reaches.'' Wesleyan University Press. 1989. * ''Accidental Weather.'' Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1982. Essay Collections * Translations * ''

Greek Lyric Poetry Greek lyric is the body of lyric poetry written in dialects of Ancient Greek. Lyric poetry is, in short, poetry to be sung accompanied by music, traditionally a lyre. It is primarily associated with the early 7th to the early 5th centuries BC, s ...

: A New Translation.'' W. W. Norton & Company. 2005 Plays * ''Follow the Leader.'' Produced at The Side Project, Chicago, IL, 2016. * ''Lives of the Pigeons.'' Produced at The Side Project, Chicago, IL, 2013 * ''Star.'' Produced at Algonquin Theatre, New York City, 2010 * ''Coffee Shop.'' Produced as part of Flint Michigan Play Festival, 2010

References

External links

Audio: Sherod Santos reads ''Variation on a Theme (I)'' from ''The Intricated Soul''

Poems: ''Slate Magazine'' > May 6, 2008 > ''A Place in Maine'' by Sherod Santos
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* ttp://www.valpo.edu/vpr/santoswriters.html Poem: ''Valpariso Poetry Review'' > ''A Writer's Life'' by Sherod Santos {{DEFAULTSORT:Santos, Sherod 1948 births Living people San Diego State University alumni University of California, Irvine alumni University of Utah alumni University of Missouri faculty Poets from South Carolina The New Yorker people National Endowment for the Arts Fellows American essayists