Printable view of Yahya Frederickson

Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Moorhead, MN

Minnesota US

Email:

yafreder@mnstate.edu

Bio:

Yahya Frederickson is a poet and professor at Minnesota State University Moorhead. He has also been a Fulbright Scholar in Kyrgyzstan, Saudi Arabia, and Syria, as well as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Yemen. He holds a PhD from the University of North Dakota, an MFA from the University of Montana, and a BA from Minnesota State University Moorhead.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Born in:

Nashville, TN

Tennessee

Raised in:

Moorhead, MN

Minnesota

Website:

https://yafreder.wordpress.com/ [2]

Prizes won:

2013 Idaho Prize, Lost Horse Press, for The Gold Shop of Ba-'Ali. Judge: Sam Hamill.
2013 Finishing Line Press Prize in Poetry for The Birds of al-Merjeh Square: Poems from Syria. Judge: Christopher Bursk.
2013 Lake Region Arts Council / McKnight Foundation Fellowship Literary/Performance grant.
2002 Quarter After Eight Prize in Prose. Judge: Maureen Seaton.
1998, 1997 Academy of American Poets Thomas McGrath Memorial Award.

Education:

University of Montana, Missoula

Writers Retreats:

Anderson Center Artist Residency Program

Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference

Identifies as:

Muslim