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List Of Guggenheim Fellowships Awarded In 2007
List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2007. 2007 U.S. and Canadian Fellows * Daniel Alarcón, Writer, Oakland, California; Distinguished Visiting Writer, Mills College: Fiction. * Rick Altman, Professor of Cinema and Comparative Literature, University of Iowa: Classical Hollywood sound. * Warwick Anderson, Robert Turell Professor of Medical History and Population Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison: The science of race mixing in the twentieth century. * Shawn Atkins, Animation Filmmaker, House of Frame by Frame Fierce, Inc: Film animation. * SoHyun Bae, Artist, New York City and Bologna, Italy: Visual arts. * William Baer (poet), William Baer, Professor of English, University of Evansville: The sonnets of Bocage. * Rennan Barkana, Senior Lecturer, School of Astronomy and Physics, Tel Aviv University: Gas and stars in the early universe. * Shadi Bartsch, Ann L. and Lawrence B. Buttenwieser Professor of Classics, University of Chicago: Philosophy and the figural in antiquit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guggenheim Fellowships
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 arts." Each year, the foundation issues awards in each of two separate competitions: * One open to citizens and permanent residents of the United States and Canada. * The other to citizens and permanent residents of Latin America and the Caribbean. The Latin America and Caribbean competition is currently suspended "while we examine the workings and efficacy of the program. The U.S. and Canadian competition is unaffected by this suspension." The performing arts are excluded, although composers, film directors, and choreographers are eligible. The fellowships are not open to students, only to "advanced professionals in mid-career" such as published authors. The fellows may spend the money as they see fit, as the purpose is to give fellows "b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence D
Lawrence may refer to: Education Colleges and universities * Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States * Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States Preparatory & high schools * Lawrence Academy at Groton, a preparatory school in Groton, Massachusetts, United States * Lawrence College, Ghora Gali, a high school in Pakistan * Lawrence School, Lovedale, a high school in India * The Lawrence School, Sanawar, a high school in India Research laboratories * Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States * Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States People * Lawrence (given name), including a list of people with the name * Lawrence (surname), including a list of people with the name * Lawrence (band), an American soul-pop group * Lawrence (judge royal) (died after 1180), Hungarian nobleman, Judge royal 1164–1172 * Lawrence (musician), Lawrence Hayward (born 1961), British musician * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynthia Carr
Cynthia Carr is an American writer who has contributed to a number of periodicals, including ''The Village Voice'' and ''Artforum''. She often publishes under the byline C. Carr. Biography Carr graduated from the University of Iowa in 1972 with an honors degree in English. She went on to work as a freelance writer for several years, and then as a staff writer for ''The Village Voice'' from 1987 to 2003, where she specialized in arts coverage. "On Edge," her column for ''The Village Voice'', chronicled New York's downtown performance scene, including such then-emerging artists as Linda Montano, Tehching Hsieh, Marina Abramović, and Ulay. She also wrote about performance art and culture for ''Artforum'', ''LA Weekly'', ''Interview'' and ''Mirabella''. Her 2012 biography of artist and AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz, ''Fire in the Belly'', has been called one of the most important books of the year for its meticulous analysis of Wojnarowicz's prominent role at the intersection of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Carpenter (professor)
Daniel Carpenter may refer to: *Dan Carpenter Daniel Roy Carpenter (born November 25, 1985) is a former American football placekicker. He was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2008 after playing college football for the University of Montana. He has also played for ... (born 1985), former American football player * Daniel C. Carpenter (1816–1866), American law enforcement officer and police inspector of the New York Police Department {{hndis, Carpenter, Daniel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Byron
Donald Byron (born November 8, 1958) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. He primarily plays clarinet but has also played bass clarinet and saxophone in a variety of genres that includes free jazz and klezmer. Biography His mother was a pianist. His father worked as a mailman and played bass in calypso bands. Byron listened to Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis while growing up, but he was exposed to other styles through trips to the ballet and symphony orchestra. When he was a child, he had asthma, and a doctor recommended playing an instrument to improve his breathing. This was why he started playing clarinet. He grew up in the South Bronx among many Jewish neighbors who sparked an interest in klezmer. Other influences include Joe Henderson, Artie Shaw, Jimmy Hamilton, and Tony Scott. In his teens he took clarinet lessons from Joe Allard. George Russell was one of his teachers at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. At the school he was a member of Klezme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Burdick
Alan may refer to: People * Alan (surname), an English and Turkish surname * Alan (given name), an English given name **List of people with given name Alan ''Following are people commonly referred to solely by "Alan" or by a homonymous name.'' *Alan (Chinese singer) (born 1987), female Chinese singer of Tibetan ethnicity, active in both China and Japan *Alan (Mexican singer) (born 1973), Mexican singer and actor * Alan (wrestler) (born 1975), a.k.a. Gato Eveready, who wrestles in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración *Alan (footballer, born 1979) (Alan Osório da Costa Silva), Brazilian footballer *Alan (footballer, born 1998) (Alan Cardoso de Andrade), Brazilian footballer *Alan I, King of Brittany (died 907), "the Great" *Alan II, Duke of Brittany (c. 900–952) * Alan III, Duke of Brittany(997–1040) *Alan IV, Duke of Brittany (c. 1063–1119), a.k.a. Alan Fergant ("the Younger" in Breton language) *Alan of Tewkesbury, 12th century abbott *Alan of Lynn (c. 1348–1423), 15th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Buckley (poet)
Christopher Buckley (born 1948) is an American poet. Buckley was born in Arcata, California. He graduated from St. Mary's College with a BA, San Diego State University with a MA, and University of California, Irvine with an MFA. He taught at Fresno State University, University of California, Santa Barbara, Murray State University, West Chester University, and University of California, Riverside The University of California, Riverside (UCR or UC Riverside) is a public land-grant research university in Riverside, California. It is one of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The main campus sits on in a suburban distr .... He married painter Nadya Brown. Awards * 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship * Fulbright Award in Creative Writing * four Pushcart Prizes * 2001 and 1984 NEA grants in poetry Works"Sky" UPNE *''Blue autumn: poems'', Copper Beech Press, 1990, *''Dark matter: poems'', Copper Beech Press, 1993, ''Star Apocrypha'' Northwestern University Press, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Brox
Jane (Martha) Brox (born 1956) is an American author, who specializes in non-fiction works. Her father was John Brox (1910–1995). She graduated from Colby College in 1978 and currently lives in Maine. Awards and honors *1996 L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award, ''Here and Nowhere Else: Late Seasons of a Farm and Its Family'' Works ;Books *''Here and Nowhere Else: Late Seasons of a Farm and Its Family'' (1995, ; ) *''Five Thousand Days Like This One: An American Family History'' (1999, Beacon Press, Boston MA) *''Clearing Land, Legacies of the American Farm'' (2004, )AMAZON.COM *''Brilliant, the Evolution of Artificial Light'' (2010; ) *''Silence: A Social History of One of the Least Understood Elements of Our Lives'' (2019, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ;Other works *Brox's website lists 30 magazine articles that she has written *The website lists 9 publications which have carried her poetry *The website lists 7 published book reviews written by Brox *The website lists 11 radio e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Brown (composer And Performer)
Elizabeth Brown (born 1953) is an American contemporary composer and performer, known for music described as otherworldly, which employs microtonal expression, unique instrumentation and a morphing, freewheeling language.Gann, Kyle. "American Composer: Elizabeth Brown," ''Chamber Music'', April 2002, p. 18–9.Kozinn, Allan"Zany New Music, But Quirkily Compelling,"''The New York Times'', May 14, 2003. Retrieved November 5, 2020.Clements, Dominy''MusicWeb International'', August 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2020. Her work is frequently commissioned for specific ensembles (e.g., Newband, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra)Powers, Ann"A Generous, Friendly Dose of Experimentalism,"''The New York Times'', November 3, 2001, p. 16. Retrieved November 5, 2020.Keedle, Jayne. "A Musical Democracy: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra premieres the ''Lost Waltz''," ''The Hartford Advocate'', November 13, 1997. and has been performed internationally in solo, chamber and orchestral contexts at venues including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Brockmeier
Kevin John Brockmeier (born December 6, 1972) is an American writer of fantasy and literary fiction. Life and career Brockmeier was born in Hialeah, Florida and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is a graduate of Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School (1991) and Southwest Missouri State University (1995). He taught at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where he received his MFA in 1997, and lives in Little Rock. His short stories have been printed in numerous publications and he has published two collections of stories, two children's novels, and two fantasy novels. Brockmeier has won three O. Henry Prizes, the Chicago Tribune's Nelson Algren Award for Short Fiction, Italo Calvino Short Fiction Award, the Booker Worthen Literary Prize, and the Porter Fund Literary Prize. Published works Story collections * '' Things That Fall from the Sky'' (New York City: Pantheon Books, 2002, ) * '' The View From The Seventh Layer'' (New York: Pantheon Books, 2008, ) * '' The Ghost Vari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Brock
Jeffrey Farlowe Brock (born June 14, 1970 in Bronxville, New York) is an American mathematician, working in low-dimensional geometry and topology. He is known for his contributions to the understanding of hyperbolic 3-manifolds and the geometry of Teichmüller spaces. Since July 2018, Brock has been a Professor of Mathematics at Yale University, and in January 2019 he became the first FAS (Faculty of Arts and Sciences) dean of science at Yale. In July 2019, he was additionally appointed Dean of the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science. Before joining Yale, he was a professor at Brown University, and also founding director of the Data Science Initiative at Brown University. Biography Brock obtained a BA (with distinction in Mathematics) from Yale University in 1992. He completed a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1997, under the supervision of Curtis T. McMullen. Brock then held positions as (NSF-funded) Szego Assistant Professor a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Anne Brekus
Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. In the early Christian era it came to be associated with the Greek adjective (), meaning "pure", leading to the alternative spellings ''Katharine'' and ''Katherine''. The former spelling, with a middle ''a'', was more common in the past and is currently more popular in the United States than in Britain. ''Katherine'', with a middle ''e'', was first recorded in England in 1196 after being brought back from the Crusades. Popularity and variations English In Britain and the U.S., ''Catherine'' and its variants have been among the 100 most popular names since 1880. The most common variants are ''Katherine,'' ''Kathryn,'' and ''Katharine''. The spelling ''Catherine'' is common in both English and French. Less-common variants in English include ''Katheryn' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
