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Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

CA

California US

Bio:

The recipient of over 20 awards, including the Independent Press Award and fellowships from the Goethe-Institut and Universidad Internacional de Andalucía, HÉLÈNE CARDONA'S 7 books include Life in Suspension (2016), called “a vivid self-portrait as scholar, seer and muse” by John Ashbery, and Dreaming My Animal Selves (2013), described by David Mason as “liminal, mystical and other-worldly.” Her translations include The Abduction (Maram Al-Masri, 2023), Beyond Elsewhere (Gabriel Arnou-Laujeac, 2016), winner of a Hemingway Grant; Ce que nous portons (Dorianne Laux, 2014); Birnam Wood (José Manuel Cardona, 2018); and Walt Whitman’s Civil War Writings for WhitmanWeb (2015). She has also translated Rimbaud, Baudelaire, André Breton, René Depestre, Ernest Pépin, Aloysius Bertrand, Eric Sarner, Jean-Claude Renard, Nicolas Grenier, John Ashbery, John FitzGerald and Christiane Singer. Her work as been translated into 19 languages. She holds a Masters in American Literature from the Sorbonne, worked as a translator for the Canadian Embassy in Paris, and taught at Hamilton College & LMU. She also writes children stories and co-wrote with John FitzGerald the screenplay Primate, based on his novel. Acting credits include Chocolat, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Jurassic World, The Hundred-Foot Journey, Muppets Most Wanted, Serendipity, and Happy Feet 2. Born in Paris and raised all over Europe, she has lived in Switzerland, France, England, Wales, Monaco, Germany, Spain, and the United States.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

French

German

Greek

Italian

Spanish

Twitter/X:

https://twitter.com/HeleneCardona

Born in:

Paris

France

Raised in:

all over Europe

Website:

https://helenecardona.com [2]

Prizes won:

2023 Albertine and FACE Foundation Grant for The Abduction - 2023, 2022 & 2020 Independent Press Award - 2022 & 2020 NYC Big Book Award - 2019 Naji Naaman Literary Prize - 2019 Julie Suk Honor - 2019 Pinnacle Book Award - 2019 & 2017 Best Book Awards in Poetry - 2017 International Book Award in Poetry - 2016 Pinnacle Book Award - 2015 USA Best Book Award - 2014 Pinnacle Book Award - 3 Readers' Favorite Book Awards in Poetry - 2014 Poiesis Award of Honour - Eric Hoffer Award and Julie Suk Award, Finalist - Lascaux Prize in Collected Poetry, Finalist - Hemingway Grant for Beyond Elsewhere. JUDGE: 2022 ALTA Translation Award in Poetry; 2017 Jacar Press Full Length Competition; 2016 PEN Center USA Translation Award; 2015 Writers' Digest Challenge; 2014 Rabindranath Tagore Award. Certificate of Recognition from the City of Los Angeles for contribution toward the preservation of Indigenous Culture and Humanity - National Foreign Language Honor Society Member - Editor’s Choice: The Enchanting Verses Literary Review (Issue XVI) - W.D. Gwawdodyn Finalist - Multiple-time Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee. FELLOWSHIPS Universidad Internacional de Andalucía (Baeza, Spain) - Goethe-Institut (Bremen, Germany) - Hamilton College (New York).

Writers Retreats:

Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair

Identifies as:

European American

Prefers to work with:

Any