American poet
Henri Cole (born 1956) is an
American
poet , who has published many collections of poetry and a memoir. His books have been translated into French, Spanish, Italian, German, and Arabic.
Henri Cole was born in
Fukuoka ,
Japan , to an American father and
French-Armenian
[1] mother, and raised in
Virginia ,
United States . His father, a North Carolinian, enlisted in the service after graduating from high school and, while stationed in
Marseilles , met Cole's mother, who worked at the PX. Together they lived in
Japan ,
Germany ,
Illinois ,
California ,
Nevada, Missouri and
Virginia , where Cole attended public schools and the
College of William and Mary . He has published eleven collections of poetry in English.
From 1982 until 1988 he was executive director of The
Academy of American Poets .
[2]
Since that time he has held many teaching positions and been artist-in-residence at various institutions, including
Brandeis University ,
Columbia University ,
Davidson College ,
Harvard University ,
Ohio State University ,
Reed College ,
Smith College ,
The College of William and Mary , and
Yale University . He has collaborated with the visual artists Jenny Holzer and Kiki Smith.
[3] And from 2010 to 2014, he was poetry editor of
The New Republic . Cole currently teaches at
Claremont McKenna College .
2023: Gravity and Center (Selected Sonnets, 1994-2022) , New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
2023: Blizzard (German translation by Henning Ahrens), Munich: Hanser Verlag, Edition Lyrik Kabinett
2021: Der sichtbare Mensch, Ausgewählte Gedicht (German translation by Hans Raimund), Vienna: Löcker
2020: Blizzard , New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
[4]
2015: Nothing to Declare , New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
[5]
2015: Le Merle, Le Loup suivi de Toucher (French translation by Claire Malroux), Paris: Le bruit du temps
[6]
2011: Touch , New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
[7]
2011: Terre Médiane (French translation by Claire Malroux), Paris: Le bruit du temps
[8]
2010: Mirlo y Lobo (Spanish translation by Eduardo López Truco), Cantabria: Quálea Editorial
[9]
2010: Autoritratto con Gatti (Italian translation by Massimo Bacigalupo), Parma: Guanda Editore
[10]
2010: Pierce the Skin (Selected Poems, 1982-2007) , New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
[11]
2008: La Apariencia de la Cosas (Spanish translation by Eduardo López Truco), Cantabria: Quálea Editorial
[12]
2007: Blackbird and Wolf , New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
[13]
2005: Vingt-Deux Poèmes (French translation by Claire Malroux), Paris: Yvon Lambert
[14]
2003: Middle Earth , New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
[15]
1998: The Visible Man , New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
[16]
1995: The Look of Things
[17]
1989: The Zoo Wheel of Knowledge
[18]
1986: The Marble Queen
[19]
2020: باريس الأورفيّة: السّياحة الأدبية في باريس (Orphic Paris , Arabic translation by Amani Lazar), United Arab Emirates: Rewayat Books
[20]
2018: Orphic Paris , New York, New York Review Books
[21]
2018: Paris-Orphée (French translation by Claire Malroux), Paris: Le bruit du temps
[22]
2017 —
American Academy of Arts and Letters , Elected Member
2016 —
American Academy of Arts and Letters , Award of Merit Medal in Poetry
[23]
2014 —
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard, Fellow
[24]
2012 — The
Thom Gunn Award for Poetry for Touch ,
[25] Publishing Triangle
2012 —
The Jackson Poetry Prize for Touch , Poets & Writers
[26]
2011 — Harvard University
Phi Beta Kappa poet
[27]
2011 — Finalist,
Los Angeles Times Book Award in Poetry for Pierce the Skin (Selected Poems 1982-2007)
[28]
2010 —
American Academy of Arts & Sciences , elected member
[29]
2009 — Sara Teasdale Award in Poetry, Wellesley College
2009 —
National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship
2008 —
Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize for Blackbird and Wolf , Academy of American Poets
[30]
2008 —
Ambassador Book Award in Poetry for Blackbird and Wolf , English-Speaking Union of the United States
[31]
2008 —
Massachusetts Book Award in Poetry for Blackbird and Wolf
[32]
2008 —
Lambda Literary Award in Poetry for Blackbird and Wolf
[33]
2007 —
United States Artists USA Hildreth/Williams Fellow, Literature
[34]
2004 —
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for Middle Earth
[35]
2004 —
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
[36]
2004 — Award in Literature,
American Academy of Arts and Letters
[37]
2004 — Finalist,
Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for Middle Earth
[38]
2004 — Finalist,
Los Angeles Times Book Award in Poetry for Middle Earth
[39]
2004 —
Massachusetts Book Award in Poetry for Middle Earth
[40]
2001 —
Japan-United States Friendship Commission , Creative Artist Fellowship
[41]
2000 —
Berlin Prize ,
American Academy in Berlin
[42]
1995 —
Rome Prize in Literature, American Academy of Arts and Letters
[43]
1993 —
National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship
[44]
1989 —
Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship
[45]
1985 —
Ingram Merrill Foundation Award (also 1990)
[46]
Cole is openly gay, though in his early work he turned to "nature as a mask for writing about private feelings."
[47] He came out as he "felt a need to speak as a gay man, since until recently we were not encouraged by society to love one another, marry, and have children. So if I have an ethics, it is simply to be true, but never at the expense of original language."
[48]
^ Lydon, Christopher (December 2009).
"Out of Yearning, Order: Henri Cole's poetry" . The Huffington Post . Retrieved 2012-07-03 .
^
"About Henri Cole | Academy of American Poets" .
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"Jenny Holzer collaborations" . art21.org . Art21. Retrieved 26 April 2015 .
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"Blizzard" . Macmillan . Retrieved 20 April 2020 .
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"Nothing to Declare" . Macmillan . Retrieved 14 April 2015 .
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"Le Merle, Le Loup" . Le bruit du temps . Retrieved 14 April 2015 .
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"Touch" . Macmillan . Retrieved 14 April 2015 .
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"Terre Mediane" . Le bruit du temps . Retrieved 14 April 2015 .
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"Mirlo y Lobo" . Culturamas . 18 December 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2015 .
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"Autoitratto con Gatti" . Guanda Editore . Archived from
the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-04-15 .
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"Pierce the Skin" . Macmillan . Retrieved 14 April 2015 .
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"La Apariencia de la Cosas" . Casa del Libro . 6 April 2009. Retrieved 15 April 2015 .
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"Blackbird and Wolf" . Macmillan . Retrieved 15 April 2015 .
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"Vingt-Deux Poems" . lesoressesdureel.com . Les presses du reel. Retrieved 17 April 2015 .
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"Middle Earth" . Macmillan . Retrieved 15 April 2015 .
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"The Visible Man" . Macmillan .
^ Cole, Henri (1995). The Look of Things . A.A. Knopf.
ISBN
067943352X .
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"The Zoo Wheel of Knowledge" . goodreads.com . Good Reads. Retrieved 17 April 2015 .
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"The Marble Queen" . goodreads.com . Good Reads. Retrieved 17 April 2015 .
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"Orphic Paris" . Retrieved 20 April 2020 .
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"Orphic Paris" . New York Review Books . 3 April 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018 .
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"Paris-Orphée" . Le bruit du temps . Retrieved 29 December 2018 .
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"American Academy of Arts and Letters" (PDF) . American Academy of Arts and Letters . Archived from
the original (PDF) on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016 .
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"Fellow" . Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study . Retrieved 14 April 2015 .
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" "Publishing Triangle Winners Unveiled", GalleyCat , 04/20/2012" .
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"Jackson Poetry Prize" . Poets & Writers . 12 February 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2015 .
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"Phi Beta Kappa Poet" . Harvard Magazine . 24 May 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2015 .
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"LA Times Book Award" .
Los Angeles Times . Archived from
the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015 .
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"Academy of Arts and Sciences" (PDF) . amacad.org . American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 15 April 2015 .
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"Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize" . poets.org . Academy of American Poets. Retrieved 16 April 2015 .
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Ambassador Book Award
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"Massachusetts Book Award" . yumpu.com . Massachusetts Center for the Book. Retrieved 16 April 2015 .
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"Lambda Literary Award" . lambdaliterary.org . Lambda Literary Awards. 30 April 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2015 .
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"United States Artists Fellowship" . unitedstatesartists.org . United States Artists. Retrieved 16 April 2015 .
^ Hennessy, Christopher (May 2005).
"An Interview by Christopher Hennessy" . American Poetry Review. Retrieved 2010-07-12 .
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"Guggenheim Fellowship" . gf.org . John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
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"Award in Literature" . artsandletters.org . American Academy of Arts and Letters. Archived from
the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015 .
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"Pulitzer" . pulitzer.org . Pulitzer. Retrieved 15 April 2015 .
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"LA Times Book Award" .
Los Angeles Times . Archived from
the original on 2015-09-22.
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"Massachusetts Book Award" . bpl.org . Boston Public Library. Retrieved 16 April 2015 .
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"Japan Fellowship" . jusfc.gov . Japan-United States Friendship Commission. Retrieved 16 April 2015 .
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"Berlin Prize" . americanacademy.de . American Academy in Berlin. Archived from
the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015 .
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"Rome Prize" .
The New York Times . 22 April 1995.
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"NEA Fellowship" (PDF) . arts.gov . National Endowment for the Arts.
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"Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship" . amylowell.org . Choate, Hall & Stewart. Retrieved 16 April 2015 .
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Ingram Merrill Foundation
^ Weiss, Sasha (2014).
"Henri Cole, The Art of Poetry No. 98" . The Paris Review . Vol. Summer 2014, no. 209.
ISSN
0031-2037 . Retrieved 2018-04-11 .
^ Weiss, Interviewed by Sasha (2014).
"The Art of Poetry No. 98" . Vol. Summer 2014, no. 209.
ISSN
0031-2037 . Retrieved 2022-10-19 .
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