Brian Henry is an American poet, translator, editor, and literary critic.
Biography
Henry completed a B.A. at the
College of William and Mary
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and an
MFA Program for Poets & Writers
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at the
University of Massachusetts Amherst
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.
He has published poetry in magazines including ''American Poetry Review'', ''
The Paris Review
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'', ''
Boston Review
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'' and ''
Virginia Quarterly Review
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'' and his work has been translated into Russian, Croatian, Serbian, and Slovenian. Henry's poetry criticism has appeared in the publications including ''
New York Times Book Review'', the ''
Times Literary Supplement
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History
The ''TLS'' first appeared in 1902 as a supplement to '' The Times'' but became a separate publication ...
'', ''The
Kenyon Review
''The Kenyon Review'' is a literary magazine based in Gambier, Ohio, US, 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. ' ...
'', ''The Georgia Review'', 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 hi ...
''. His essays have been reprinted in such books as ''Imagining Australia'' (
Harvard University Press
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).
Henry has translated ''Woods and Chalices'' (Harcourt, 2008) by the Slovenian poet
Tomaž Šalamun
Tomaž Šalamun (July 4, 1941 – December 27, 2014) was a Slovenian poet who was a leading figure of postwar neo-avant-garde poetry in Central EuropeColm Tóibín (2004The comet's trail Guardian and an internationally acclaimed absurdist. Martín ...
and ''The Book of Things'' (BOA Editions, 2010) by the Slovenian poet
Aleš Šteger
Aleš Šteger (born 31 May 1973) is a Slovene poet, writer, editor and literary critic. Aleš belongs to a generation of writers that started to publish right after the fall of Yugoslavia. His first poetry collection Šahovnice ur (1995) was so ...
. His translation of ''Book of Things'' won the 2011
Best Translated Book Award
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. In 2019 he was a contributor to ''A New Divan: A Lyrical Dialogue between East and West'' (
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).
Henry has taught at
Plymouth State College and the
University of Georgia
, mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things."
, establ ...
. He currently teaches creative writing and literature at the
University of Richmond
The University of Richmond (UR or U of R) is a private liberal arts college in Richmond, Virginia. It is a primarily undergraduate, residential institution with approximately 4,350 undergraduate and graduate students in five schools: the School ...
. He lives in
Richmond, Virginia.
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'' (
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 ...
, 2010)
* ''In the Unlikely Event of a Water'' (