Stanley H. Barkan

Poet

Merrick, NY
New York US
Email: 
cccpoetry@aol.com
Website: 
cccpoetry.com

Author's Bio

Stanley H. Barkan, the poet/translator/editor/publisher of the Cross-Cultural Review Series of World Literature and Art, has, till 2019, his 49th anniversary year, produced some 475 titles in 59 different languages. His own work has been translated into 30  different languages, and published in 32 collections, several of them bilingual (Albanian, Armenian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, Italian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Sicilian, Spanish). In 2006, He was invited to be the first solo featured poet at the Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea, Wales, by Peter Thabit Jones, poet/editor of The Seventh Quarry. He lives with his artist wife, Bebe, in Merrick, Long Island, near his son and daughter and five grandchildren. cccpoetry.com  Profile: www.thedrunkenboat.com (Summer 2002 Issue) Video: www.Poetryvlog.com Reviews: www.thepedestalmagazine (Apr 21-Jun 21, 2010, Issue 57, Reviews) Interview: http://poetrywriting.org/Sketchbook7-1Ja... Link: IMMAGINE&POESIA

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Ekphrasia Gone Wild (Ain't Got No Press, 2015)
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Sicilian Antigruppo (Cross-Cultural Communications, 2015)
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To Struga with Love (Cross-Cultural Communications, 2015)
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Tokens (P&Q Press, 2014)
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Voices Israel (Voices Israel, 2012)
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Paumanok: Poems and Pictures of Long Island (Cross-Cultural Communications, 2009)
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Poetic Voices Without Borders 2 (Gival Press, 2009)
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Long Island Sounds: 2008 (North Sea Poetry Scene Press, 2008)
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Beacons X (American Translators Association, 2007)
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Sicilian Antigruppo (Cross-Cultural Communications, 1976)
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To Struga with Love (Cross-Cultural Communications, 1976)
Books:
No Cats on the Yangtze (Feral Press, 2017)
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Brooklyn Poems (Feral Press, 2016)
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Sutter & Snediker (Feral Press, 2016)
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Sailing the Yangtze (Feral Press, 2014)
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Tango Nights (Feral Press, 2014)
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Raisins with Almonds / Pàssuli cu mènnuli (Legas, 2013)
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ABC of Fruits and Vegetables (Cross-Cultural Communications, 2012)
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The Blacklines Scrawl (Cross-Cultural Communications, 2004)
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Mishpocheh (Cross-Cultural Communications, 2003)
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Naming the Birds (ALEKO, 2002)
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Bubbemeises & Babbaluci (Coop Ed Sicilian Antigruppo, 2001)
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Under the Apple Tree (Oficyna Konfraterni Poetow, 1998)
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O Jerusalem (Cross-Cultural Communications, 1996)
Chapbook:
Butterfly Dreams (Feral Press, 2016)
Journals:
Confrontation
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Cyclamens and Swords
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Forward
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Home Planet News
,
Lips
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The Muse
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Oberon Poetry
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Paterson Literary Review
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Pedestal Magazine
,
Prism Review
,
Rattapallax
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Shabdaguchha
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Syndic Literary Journal
,
The Broome Review
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The Drunken Boat
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The Forward
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The Seventh Quarry
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The Writer
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Translation Review
,
Visions
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Voices Israel
,
Waterways
Prizes won: 

1991 NYC Poetry Teacher of the Year (awarded by the Board of Ed and Poets House) 1996 Poor Richard's Award, a bust of Benjamin Franklin, The Best of the Small Presses, "for 25 years of high quality publishing," from the Small Press Center in New York 1998 Award for Poetry from the Brandeis National Women’s Association 2011 Plaque Award "in sincere appreciation of 40 years of success in the Art of Publishing from the Creative Arts Department, Siena College, NY 2011 Plaque Award “for [Stanley Barkan's] contribution to the promotion of the globalization of Korean literature through exchanges of Korean and American poetry” from the Korean Expatriate Literature Association, L.A. 2011 The Paterson Literary Review (PLR) Award "for Lifetime Service to Literature" Stanley H. Barkan Special Issue April 2014, Swansea Poetry Magazine 2015 L'Occhio di Scammacca" (sculpture) Sicilian award 2016 Homer: European Medal of Poetry and Art L'Academie Europeénne des Sciences, des Arts edt des Lettres avec le Soutien de l'Academie Nationale des Science d'Ukraine et de la eune Académie ldes Sciences d'Ukraine a décerné l Prix du concours International de poésie "L'Amour de la Liberté" de lAESAL accompagné de la Médaille commémorative Taras Chevtchenko Mr. Stanley H. Barkan, Paris, le 26 Janvier 2018  Ianicius Klemens Janicki International Prize Stanley H. Barkan, for great cross-cultural poetry, Poland - USA 2019.  Premio Speciale Aeronwy Thomas to Stanley Barkan, International Literary Competition Amilcare Solferini, May 26th 2024.

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Dylan Thomas, Peter Thabit Jones, Stanley Kunitz, Paul M. Levitt, Carolyn Mary Kleefeld, Sona Van, Germain Droogenbroodt, Gabriel Rosenstock, Gabriel Preil, Isaac Goldemberg, Sultan Catto, Ko Won, Nat Scammacca, Gregory Rabassa
What I'm reading now: 
Bridging the Waters IV by Edited by Yoon-Ho Cho, The Fathomless Tides of the Heart by Carolyn Mary Kleefeld, Nature by William Heyen, Love in a Time of War by Jeton Kelmendi, The Adventures of Henrietta Fine by Paul M. Levitt

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Jewish
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Brooklyn
Raised in: 
Brooklyn, NY
New York
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Last update: May 30, 2024