James Brasfield (born January 19, 1952 in

Savannah, Georgia Savannah ( ) is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the British colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later t ...

) is an American

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...

and translator.

Life

He graduated from Armstrong State College, and

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

, with an MFA. His work has appeared in ''AGNI'', ''Chicago Review'', ''Colorado Review'', ''Crazyhorse'', ''The Iowa Review'', ''New Orleans Review'', ''Poetry Wales'', ''The Seattle Review'', and ''The Southern Review''. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the

National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy ( NaUKMA) ( uk, Національний університет «Києво-Могилянська академія» (НаУКМА)) is a national, research university located in Kyiv, Ukraine. The ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

from 1993 through 1994; he later returned to the Ukraine to teach at Yuri Fedkovych State University in 1999. He taught at

Western Carolina University Western Carolina University (WCU) is a public university in Cullowhee, North Carolina. It is part of the University of North Carolina system. The fifth oldest institution of the sixteen four-year universities in the UNC system, WCU was founded ...

and was visiting assistant professor in the

University of Memphis } The University of Memphis (UofM) is a public research university in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1912, the university has an enrollment of more than 22,000 students. The university maintains the Herff College of Engineering, the Center for Ea ...

in 2008 through 2009. Brasfield currently teaches in the English Department at Pennsylvania State University.

Awards

* 2001 NEA Fellowship in Poetry * 2000

PEN Award for Poetry in Translation The PEN Award for Poetry in Translation is given by PEN America (formerly PEN American Center) to honor a poetry translation published in the preceding year. The award should not be confused with the PEN Translation Prize. The award is one of many ...

* The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship

Works

"Celan", ''AGNI'', 2002
*
Palladium
(2016), Originally published i
Poem-a-Day
on August 10, 2016, by the Academy of American Poets. ** This poem was set to song, titled "Palladium", with permission from Brasfield by compose
Edward Jacobs
in 2017. * (Chapbook) * *

Translations

Anthologies

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brasfield, James 1952 births Living people Poets from Georgia (U.S. state) Armstrong State College alumni Columbia University School of the Arts alumni Western Carolina University faculty University of Memphis faculty Academic staff of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Pennsylvania State University faculty American expatriate academics American expatriates in Ukraine Academic staff of Chernivtsi University