Fanny Howe

Fanny Howe
BornFanny Quincy Howe
(1940-10-15) October 15, 1940 (age 84)
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Occupation
  • Poet
  • novelist
  • short story writer
Notable awards2005 Griffin Poetry Prize, 2001 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
Children3 (including Danzy Senna )
RelativesMary Manning, Susan Howe, and R.H. Quaytman
Fanny Howe in Speaking Portraits

Fanny Howe (born October 15, 1940 in Buffalo, New York) is an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. She was raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1][2] Howe has written more than 20 books of poetry and prose.[3] Her major works include poetry such as One Crossed Out, Gone, and Second Childhood; the novels Nod, The Deep North, and Indivisible; and collected essays such as The Wedding Dress: Meditations on Word and Life and The Winter Sun: Notes on a Vocation.[3]

Howe has received praise and official recognition: she was awarded the 2009 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize[4] by the Poetry Foundation. She also received the Gold Medal for Poetry from the Commonwealth Club of California[5] In addition, her Selected Poems received the 2001 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize from the Academy of American Poetsfor the Most Outstanding Book of Poetry Published in 2000. She was a finalist for the 2015 International Booker Prize[6] She has also received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Poetry Foundation, the California Arts Council, and the Village Voice. She is professor emerita of Writing and Literature at the University of California, San Diego. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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  2. ^ "2005 Shortlist - Fanny Howe". The Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
  3. ^ a b Foundation, Poetry (2022-07-13). "Fanny Howe". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  4. ^ "Fanny Howe and Ange Mlinko Receive Major Literary Awards from Poetry Foundation". The Poetry Foundation. April 14, 2009. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
  5. ^ "Fanny Howe".
  6. ^ <https://thebookerprizes.com/node/4394/