Palestinian American poet Fady Joudah receives $100,000 prize
NEW YORK (AP) — Fady Joudah, a Palestinian American poet who has said he writes for the future because “the present is demolished,” has received a $100,000 award from Poets & Writers.
Joudah is this year’s winner of the Jackson Poetry Prize, given to an American writer of “exceptional talent. He was chosen by a panel of three poets: Natalie Diaz, Gregory Pardlo and Diane Seuss.
The judges’ citation, released Thursday, noted Joudah’s “significant and evolving body of work, distinguished by his courage to speak in the face of the unspeakable, in poems of lyric concision and intensity.”
Joudah’s books include “The Earth in the Attic” and “Tethered to the Stars,” along with English-language translations of the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. His other honors include winning the Yale Series of Younger Poets competition, in 2007, and receiving a PEN USA Literary Award.
The Jackson prize was established in 2007, and has previously been given to Sonia Sanchez, Joy Harjo and Claudia Rankine among others.
Related articles
Alabama court authorizes executing a man convicted of killing a delivery driver
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court on Wednesday authorized the execution of a man con2024-04-19Xi's Article on Farmland Protection to Be Published
Contact Us HomeNewsHighlightACWF NewsSocietyWom2024-04-19China to export commuter trains to Indonesia for first time
(ECNS) -- China's leading train manufacturer CRRC Sifang announced to export commuter electronic tra2024-04-19Xi Sends Congratulatory Letter to Understanding China Conference
Contact Us HomeNewsHighlightACWF NewsSocietyWom2024-04-19Thrice divorced Whoopi Goldberg, 68, admits she NEVER wanted to get married
Whoopi Goldberg has admitted that she never wanted to get married and revealed that she experienced2024-04-19Xi Sends Congratulatory Letter to 2023 Imperial Springs Int'l Forum
Contact Us HomeNewsHighlightACWF NewsSocietyWom2024-04-19
atest comment