Susan Mitchell (born 1944) is an American
poet
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, essayist and translator who wrote the poetry collections ''Rapture'' and ''Erotikon''. She is a recipient of the
Lannan Literary Award for Poetry.
Life
Mitchell grew up in
New York City
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,
New York and now lives in
Boca Raton,
Florida
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. She has a B.A. in English literature from
Wellesley College, an M.A. from
Georgetown University
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, and was a PhD student at
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...
. She has taught at Middlebury College and Northeastern Illinois University, and currently holds the Mary Blossom Lee Endowed Chair in Creative Writing at
Florida Atlantic University.
She has published poems in literary journals and magazines including ''The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The American Poetry Review, The New Republic,'' Ploughshares, and ''The Paris Review.'' Her poems have also been included in five volumes of
The Best American Poetry and two Pushcart Prize volumes.
''Ploughshares'' > Authors & Articles > Susan Mitchell Bio
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Awards
She has been recognized for her work by notable organizations such as the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Lannan Foundation. Her collection, ''Rapture,'' won the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and was a National Book Award finalist.
Published works
*''Erotikon'' (HarperCollins, 2001)
*''Rapture'' (HarperPerennial, 1992)
*''The Water Inside the Water'' ( Wesleyan University Press, 1983)
Honors and awards
* 1993 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
* 1992 Lannan Literary Award for Poetry
* 1982 NEA Literature Fellowship in Poetry
* 1992 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 ...
References
External links
HarperCollins > Author Page > Susan Mitchell Bio
Review: ''Ploughshares'' Review by Diann Blakely of ''Rapture''
* ttps://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/16/books/books-in-brief-poetry-649058.html Review: ''The New York Times'' > ''Books in Brief: Poetry'' > Sunday, April 16, 2000 > Review by Melanie Rehak of ''Erotikon''
Poem: Library of Congress > ''Poetry 180: A Poem a Day for American High Schools'' > ''The Dead'' by Susan Mitchell
Online Copies of Susan Mitchell's Poems
''"The Aviary" excerpt''
''"Children's Ward: New York Hospital"''
''"Havana Birth"''
''"Night Music"''
''"Pussy Willow (An Apology)"''
''"Wind/Breath, Breath/Wind"''
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1944 births
Living people
Florida Atlantic University alumni
Columbia University alumni
Georgetown University alumni
Northeastern Illinois University faculty
Middlebury College faculty
American women poets
National Endowment for the Arts Fellows
Writers from New York City
Poets from Florida
American women academics
Florida Atlantic University faculty
Wellesley College alumni
21st-century American women