Sandra Limis aKorean Americanpoetand professor.
Sandra Lim | |
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| Born | Seoul, Korea |
| Occupation | Poet and academic |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Stanford University, Iowa Writers' Workshop, University of California, Berkeley |
| Genres | Poetry |
| Notable awards | Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Levis Reading Prize, Pushcart Prize, Barnard Women Poets Prize |
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Early life and education
editBorn inSeoul,Korea,[1]Lim grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area.[2]She received her MFA from theIowa Writers' Workshop,a BA fromStanford University,[1]and her PhD in English fromUniversity of California, Berkeley.[3]
Career
editLim is Professor of English atUniversity of Massachusetts LowellinLowell, Massachusettswhere she has taught since 2010.[2]She has taught for The Frost Place, Kundiman, and for the low-residency MFA program atWarren Wilson College.
She is the author of three poetry collections --The Curious Thing(W.W. Norton, 2021),The Wilderness(W.W. Norton, 2014), andLoveliest Grotesque(Kore Press, 2006).The Wildernesswas the winner of the 2013 Barnard Women Poets Prize and the Levis Reading Prize.[4][5]Her poems have appeared in numerous literary journals and magazines, includingThe New York Review of Books,Poetry Magazine,andThe New Republic.[6]Her poems and essays have been anthologized inAtlantic Currents(Loom Press, 2020),Counterclaims(Dalkey Archive Press, 2020),The Poem's Country(Pleiades Press, 2018), andThe Echoing Green(Modern Library, 2016), among others. She serves on the editorial board ofPoetry Daily.
Lim received the 2023 Jackson Poetry Prize, an award given by Poets & Writers.[7]Her other honors include fellowships from MacDowell, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Getty Foundation. She is a two-time Pushcart Prize winner and the recipient of a 2020 Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.[8]In 2021, Lim was awarded aGuggenheim Fellowshipfor her poetry.[9]In 2024 she was named the 2023 UMass Lowell Distinguished University Professor.[3]
Awards
edit- 2023: UMass Lowell Distinguished University Professor
- 2023:Jackson Poetry Prize
- 2021: Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry
- 2020: American Academy of Arts and Letters
- 2015: Levis Reading Prize
- 2015 and 2022: Pushcart Prize
- 2013: Barnard Women Poets Prize
Published works
editPoetry Books
- The Curious Thing,W.W. Norton,2021
- The Wilderness,W.W. Norton,2014
- Loveliest Grotesque,Kore Press,2006
Selected Anthologies
- Atlantic Currents: Cork and Lowell Writers.Eds. Paul Marion and John Wooding. Lowell: Loom Press, 2020.
- There are Girls Like Lions: Poems about Being a Woman.Foreword by Cole Swenson. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2019.
- The Poem's Country.Eds. Shara Lessley and Bruce Snider. Warrensburg, Missouri: Pleiades Press, 2018.
- The Echoing Green: Poems of Fields, Meadows, and Grasses.Ed. Cecily Parks. New York: Modern Library, 2016.
- Gurlesque: The New Grrly, Grotesque, Burlesque Poetics.Eds. Lara Glenum and Arielle Greenberg. Ardmore, PA: Saturnalia Books, 2010.
References
edit- ^abSonel Cutler (May 1, 2023)."UMass Lowell English professor awarded 2023 Jackson Poetry Prize".The Boston Globe.Retrieved2024-04-11.
- ^ab"UMass Lowell professor wins esteemed writer's award".Lowell Sun.2023-05-08.Retrieved2024-04-11.
- ^ab"English professor Lim named 2023 UMass Lowell Distinguished University Professor".Lowell Sun.2024-03-17.Retrieved2024-04-11.
- ^"Sandra Lim awarded 2013 Barnard Women Poets Prize".Barnard College.
- ^"Sandra Lim wins 18th annual Levis Reading Prize for 'The Wilderness'".Virginia Commonwealth University.
- ^Lim, Sandra (2020-04-17)."That Are".The New Republic.ISSN0028-6583.Retrieved2023-04-02.
- ^"Sandra Lim Wins Jackson Poetry Prize".Poets & Writers.Retrieved26 April2023.
- ^"2020 Literature Award Winners".American Academy of Arts and Letters.
- ^"Sandra Lim".John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.