Sherod Santos (born September 9, 1948 in

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. His newest poetry collection, ''Square Inch Hours'' (W.W. Norton) was published in 2017. His work has appeared in ''The New Yorker'', ''The Paris Review'',http://www.parisreview.com/results.php?prmKeyword=Sherod%20Santos ''The Nation'', ''Poetry'', ''The Royal Court Theatre'', ''Proscenium Theatre Journal, American Poetry Review'', and ''The New York Times Book Review''. His plays have been produced at the Algonquin Theatre in New York City, The Side Project in Chicago, the Brooklyn International Theatre Festival'','' and the Flint Michigan Play Festival. He wrote the settings for the Sappho poems in the CD ''Magus Insipiens'', composed by Paul Sanchez and sung by soprano Kayleen Sanchez. His many honors and awards include an Academy Award for Literary Excellence from the American Academy of Arts & Letters, a Guggenheim Fellowship, The Umhoefer Prize for Achievement in the Humanities, a National Endowment for the Arts Grant, the Theodore Roethke Memorial Prize. He was a finalist for ''The New Yorker'' Book Award in Poetry as well as The National Book Critics Circle Award and The National Book Award. From 1990 to 1998 he served as external examiner and poet-in-residence at the Poets' House outside Belfast, Northern Ireland. He lives in Chicago, Illinois, where he works in an outreach program for the homeless.

Honors and awards

* 2006 Umhoefer Prize for Achievement in the Humanities for ''Greek Lyric Poetry: A New Translation'' * 2002 Theodore Roethke Poetry Prize for ''The Pilot Star Elegies'' * 2001

National Book Critics Circle Award The National Book Critics Circle Awards are a set of annual American literary awards by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to promote "the finest books and reviews published in English".National Book Award The National Book Awards are a set of annual U.S. literary awards. At the final National Book Awards Ceremony every November, the National Book Foundation presents the National Book Awards and two lifetime achievement awards to authors. The Nat ...

Finalist * 1999 Academy Award for Literary Excellence from the American Academy of Arts & Letters * 1999 ''

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'' Book Award in Poetry Finalist * 1998

Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry The Bernard F. Conners Prize for Poetry is given by the Paris Review "for the finest poem over 200 lines published in The Paris Review in a given year", according to the magazine.

from the ''Paris Review'' for "Elegy for My Sister" * 1987

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fellowship * 1995

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International Travel Grant * 1984 The Robert Frost Place poet in residence in Franconia, New Hampshire * 1983 Delmore Schwartz Memorial Award * 1983

Guggenheim Fellowship 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 ar ...

* 1982

Ingram Merrill Foundation The Ingram Merrill Foundation was a private foundation established in the mid-1950s by poet James Merrill (1926-1995), using funds from his substantial family inheritance.J. D. McClatchyBraving the Elements ''The New Yorker'', 27 March 1995. Retriev ...

fellowship * 1981 Oscar Blumenthal Prize from ''Poetry magazine'' * 1980 Pushcart Prize in both poetry and the essay * 1978 "Discovery"/''

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Published works

Full-Length Poetry Collections * ''Square Inch Hours.'' W. W. Norton & Company. 2017, * * * * * ''The Southern Reaches.'' Wesleyan University Press. 1989. * ''Accidental Weather.'' Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1982. Essay Collections * Translations * '' Greek Lyric Poetry: A New Translation.'' W. W. Norton & Company. 2005 "Plays" * ''Follow the Leader.'' Produced at The Side Project, Chicago, IL, 2016. * ''Lives of the Pigeons.'' Produced at The Side Project, Chicago, IL, 2013 * ''Star.'' Produced at Algonquin Theatre, New York City, 2010 * ''Coffee Shop.'' Produced as part of Flint Michigan Play Festival, 2010

References

External links

Audio: Sherod Santos reads ''Variation on a Theme (I)'' from ''The Intricated Soul''

Poems: ''Slate Magazine'' > May 6, 2008 > ''A Place in Maine'' by Sherod Santos
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