Sharon Dolin

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer, Translator

Author's Bio

Sharon Dolin is the author of seven poetry books, most recently: Imperfect Present, Manual for Living, Whirlwind, and Burn and Dodge, winner of the AWP Donald Hall Prize in Poetry, a prose memoir entitled Hitchcock Blonde, as well as two books she translated from Catalan by Gemma Gorga. She has been awarded a 2021 NEA in Translation, the Malinda A. Markham Translation Prize, and the Witter Bynner Fellowship from the Library of Congress, selected by Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey. Her book of translations, Late to the House of Words: Selected Poems by Gemma Gorga, was shortlisted for the 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize. Sharon Dolin lives in New York City where she is Associate Editor of Barrow Street Press and directs Writing About Art in Barcelona, a creative writing workshop. 

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Book:
Hitchcock Blonde: A Cinematic Memoir (Terra Nova Press, 2020)

Poetry

Books:
Imperfect Present (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2022)
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Manual for Living (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016)
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Burn and Dodge (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2008)
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Realm of the Possible (Four Way Books, 2004)
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Serious Pink (Marsh Hawk Press, 2003)
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Mistakes (Poetry New York, 1999)
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Climbing Mount Sinai (Dim Gray Bar Press, 1996)
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Heart Work (Sheep Meadow Press, 1995)
Journals:
American Letters & Commentary
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Barrow Street
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Jacket
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Kenyon Review
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New American Writing
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New Republic
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Translation

Books:
Late to the House of Words: Selected Poems by Gemma Gorga by Gemma Gorga, translated from the Catalan (Saturnalia Books, 2021)
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Book of Minutes by Gemma Gorga, translated from the Catalan (Oberlin College Press, 2019)
Prizes won: 

1985-86 Fulbright Scholar

2007 AWP Donald Hall Prize in Poetry for the collection Burn and Dodge

2011 Pushcart Prize

2013 Witter Bynner Fellowship from the Library of Congress

2021 Malinda A. Markham Translation Prize (Saturnalia Books)

2016 PEN Heim Translation Grant

2019 Institut Ramon Llull Translation Grant

2021 NEA in Translation

2021 Malinda A. Markham Translation Prize from Saturnalia Books

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Jewish
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
Italian, Spanish
Born in: 
Brooklyn, NY
New York
Raised in: 
Brooklyn, NY
New York
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Last update: Oct 18, 2022