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| name = Marilyn Nelson | honorific_prefix = | honorific_suffix = | image = Marilyn Nelson 1211962.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|04|26}} | birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Professor | language = | nationality = American | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = University of California-Davis; University of Pennsylvania; University of Minnesota | period = | genre = Poetry | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | module = | website = | portaldisp = }}Marilyn Nelson (born April 26, 1946) is an American poet, translator, and children's book author. She is a professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut, the former poet laureate of Connecticut[1], and the 2017 winner of the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature. From 1978 to 1994 she published under the name Marilyn Nelson Waniek.[2] She is the author or translator of over twenty books and five chapbooks of poetry for adults and children. While most of her work deals with historical subjects, in 2014 she published a memoir, named one of NPR's Best Books of 2014, entitled How I Discovered Poetry.[3][4][5] Early lifeNelson was born on April 26, 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio, to Melvin M. Nelson, a U.S. serviceman in the Air Force, and Johnnie Mitchell Nelson, a teacher. She grew up on military bases, and began writing while in elementary school. She earned a B.A. from the University of California-Davis, an M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1970, and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1979.[6] CareerShe is a professor emeritus of English at the University of Connecticut and the founder and director of Soul Mountain Retreat. She was poet laureate of the State of Connecticut from 2001 to 2006.[6] Her poetry collections include The Homeplace (Louisiana State University Press), which won the 1992 Anisfield-Wolf Award[7] and was a finalist for the 1991 National Book Award;[6] and The Fields Of Praise: New And Selected Poems (Louisiana State University Press), which won the Poets' Prize in 1999[7] and was a finalist for the 1997 National Book Award. Her honors include two NEA creative writing fellowships, the 1990 Connecticut Arts Award, a Fulbright Teaching Fellowship, and a 2001 Guggenheim Fellowship.[6] In 2011, she spent a semester as a Brown Foundation Fellow at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.[8] In 2012, the Poetry Society of America awarded her the Frost Medal.[9] In 2013, Nelson was elected a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.[6] Published works
Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology (University of Georgia Press, 2018) Honors and awardsKent fellowship, 1976; National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, 1981, 1990; Connecticut Arts Award, 1990; National Book Award finalist for poetry, 1991; Annisfield-Wolf Award, 1992; Fulbright teaching fellowship, 1995; National Book Award finalist for poetry, 1997; Poets' Prize, 1999, for The Fields of Praise: New and Selected Poems; Contemplative Practices fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies, 2000; named Poet Laureate for the State of Connecticut, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, 2001; J.S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship, 2001; Boston Globe/Horn Book Award and National Book Award finalist in young-people's literature category, both 2001, and Coretta Scott King Honor Book designation, Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for Nonfiction, and Newbery Honor designation, all 2002, all for Carver: A Life in Poems; Coretta Scott King Book Award, 2005, for Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem; two Pushcart prizes; Michael L. Printz Award honor book designation, Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award honor book designation, and Coretta Scott King Honor Award, all 2006, all for A Wreath for Emmett Till; Lifetime Achievement honor, Connecticut Book Awards, 2006,[10] NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature, 2017.[11] References1. ^{{cite web |website=Poetry Foundation |title=Marilyn Nelson |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/marilyn-nelson |accessdate=October 1, 2017}} 2. ^{{cite web |website=Library of Congress |title=Nelson, Marilyn, 1946- |url=http://lccn.loc.gov/n78037492 |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20121212011926/http://lccn.loc.gov/n78037492 |archivedate=December 12, 2012}} 3. ^{{cite web |title=Marilyn Nelson: Winner of the 2017 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature |url=https://www.neustadtprize.org/2017-marilyn-nelson/ |website=The Neustadt Prizes |accessdate=2 April 2019}} 4. ^{{cite web |title=In 'Poetry,' The Story Of An African-American Military Family |url=https://www.npr.org/2014/02/08/272654805/in-poetry-the-story-of-an-african-american-military-family |website=National Public Radio |publisher=All Things Considered |accessdate=2 April 2019}} 5. ^{{cite web |title=NPR's Book Concierge: Our Guide to 2014's Great Reads |url=https://apps.npr.org/best-books-2014/ |website=National Public Radio |accessdate=2 April 2019}} 6. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web |website=Academy of American Poets |title=Marilyn Nelson |url=https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/marilyn-nelson |accessdate=October 1, 2017}} 7. ^1 {{cite web |website=Cultural Front |title=African American recipients of poetry prizes, awards (1987-2015) |url=http://www.culturalfront.org/2015/01/african-american-recipients-of-poetry.html |accessdate=October 1, 2017}} 8. ^{{cite web |website=Sewanee: The University of the South |title=Brown Foundation Fellows |url=http://www.sewanee.edu/offices/dean/brown-foundation-fellows/ |accessdate=October 1, 2017}} 9. ^{{cite web |website=Poetry Society of America |title=Announcing the 2012 Frost Medalist, Marilyn Nelson |url=http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/poetry/blog/announcing_the_2011_frost_medali/ |accessdate=October 1, 2017}} 10. ^{{cite web |website=Encyclopedia.com - Contemporary Authors |title=Nelson, Marilyn 1946- (Marilyn Nelson Waniek) |publisher=Gale |date=2009 |url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/nelson-marilyn-1946-marilyn-nelson-waniek }} 11. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.neustadtprize.org/marilyn-nelson-announced-2017-nsk-neustadt-prize-childrens-literature-winner/|title=Marilyn Nelson Announced as 2017 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature Winner - The Neustadt Prize|date=2016-10-30|work=The Neustadt Prize|access-date=2017-07-24|language=en-US}} Further reading
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