Eleanor Rand Wilner (born 1937) is an American
poet
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and
editor
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.
Life
Wilner obtained her bachelor's from
Goucher College
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and her Ph.D. from
Johns Hopkins University
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. Her graduate dissertation concerned the topic of imagination and was later published as ''Gathering the Winds: Visionary Imagination and Radical Transformation of Self and Society'' (1975).
She was editor of ''The American Poetry Review'' and she is Advisory Editor of ''Calyx''.
She has taught at the
University of Chicago
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,
Northwestern University
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Charte ...
, and
Smith College
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.
She is on the faculty of the MFA Program for Writers at
Warren Wilson College
Warren Wilson College (WWC) is a private liberal arts college in Swannanoa, North Carolina. It is known for its curriculum that combines academics, work, and service as every student must complete a requisite course of study, work an on-campus ...
, and lives in
Philadelphia
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.
In 2019, she won the
Robert Frost Medal
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, the Poetry Society of America's award for a "distinguished lifetime service to American poetry."
She has been active in civil rights and peace movements.
Awards
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Robert Frost Medal
The Poetry Society of America is a literary organization founded in 1910 by poets, editors, and artists. It is the oldest poetry organization in the United States. Past members of the society have included such renowned poets as Witter Bynner, Ro ...
(2019)
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MacArthur Fellowship
The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and commonly but unofficially known as the "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 30 indi ...
(1991)
*
National Endowment for the Arts
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fellowship
* Juniper Prize
* Pushcart Prizes (awarded twice)
Works
* ''Shekhinah'' (poems), University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL), 1984.
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* ''The Girl with Bees in Her Hair'' (
Copper Canyon Press
Copper Canyon Press is an independent, non-profit small press, founded in 1972 specializing exclusively in the publication of poetry. It is located in Port Townsend, Washington.
Copper Canyon Press publishes new collections of poetry by both ...
, 2004)
* ''Tourist in Hell'' (University of Chicago Press, 2010)
Anthologies
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Translations
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Non-fiction
"Poetry and the Pentagon: Unholy Alliance?", ''Poetry Foundation'', 3.2.06* Gathering the Winds: Visionary Imagination and Radical Transformation of Self and Society, Johns Hopkins University Press (Baltimore, MD), 1975.
Awards
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Robert Frost Medal
The Poetry Society of America is a literary organization founded in 1910 by poets, editors, and artists. It is the oldest poetry organization in the United States. Past members of the society have included such renowned poets as Witter Bynner, Ro ...
(2019)
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MacArthur Fellowship
The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and commonly but unofficially known as the "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 30 indi ...
(1991)
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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 federal ...
fellowship
* Juniper Prize
* Pushcart Prizes (awarded twice)
References
External links
"An E-view with Eleanor Wilner", ''The Drunken Boat", Rebecca Seiferle, 2000
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1937 births
Living people
American women poets
Goucher College alumni
Johns Hopkins University alumni
MacArthur Fellows
National Endowment for the Arts Fellows
National Heritage Fellowship winners
Northwestern University faculty
Smith College faculty
University of Chicago faculty
Warren Wilson College faculty
Poets from Ohio
American women academics
21st-century American women writers
21st-century American poets
20th-century American women writers
20th-century American poets