Henri Cole Explained
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.
Biography
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.
Books of poetry
- 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]
Books of prose
- 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]
Awards and honors
- 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]
Personal life
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]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Out of Yearning, Order: Henri Cole's poetry . Christopher . Lydon . The Huffington Post . December 2009 . 2012-07-03.
- Web site: About Henri Cole | Academy of American Poets.
- Web site: Jenny Holzer collaborations. art21.org. Art21. 26 April 2015.
- Web site: Blizzard. Macmillan. 20 April 2020.
- Web site: Nothing to Declare. Macmillan. 14 April 2015. 17 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160117183856/http://us.macmillan.com/nothingtodeclare/henricole. dead.
- Web site: Le Merle, Le Loup. Le bruit du temps. 14 April 2015.
- Web site: Touch. Macmillan. 14 April 2015.
- Web site: Terre Mediane. Le bruit du temps. 14 April 2015.
- Web site: Mirlo y Lobo. Culturamas. 18 December 2010 . 15 April 2015.
- Web site: Autoitratto con Gatti. Guanda Editore. 2015-04-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924024032/http://www.guanda.it/scheda.asp?editore=Guanda&idlibro=6993&titolo=AUTORITRATTO+CON+GATTI. 2015-09-24. dead.
- Web site: Pierce the Skin. Macmillan. 14 April 2015.
- Web site: La Apariencia de la Cosas. Casa del Libro. 6 April 2009. 15 April 2015.
- Web site: Blackbird and Wolf. Macmillan. 15 April 2015. 26 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180726170116/http://us.macmillan.com/blackbirdandwolf/henricole. dead.
- Web site: Vingt-Deux Poems. lesoressesdureel.com. Les presses du reel. 17 April 2015.
- Web site: Middle Earth. Macmillan. 15 April 2015. 26 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180726170213/http://us.macmillan.com/middleearth/henricole. dead.
- Web site: The Visible Man. Macmillan. 2015-04-15. 2018-07-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20180726170221/http://us.macmillan.com/thevisibleman/henricole. dead.
- Book: The Look of Things. 067943352X. Cole. Henri. 1995. A.A. Knopf .
- Web site: The Zoo Wheel of Knowledge. goodreads.com. Good Reads. 17 April 2015.
- Web site: The Marble Queen. goodreads.com. Good Reads. 17 April 2015.
- Web site: Orphic Paris. 20 April 2020.
- Web site: Orphic Paris. New York Review Books. 3 April 2018 . 29 December 2018.
- Web site: Paris-Orphée. Le bruit du temps. 29 December 2018.
- Web site: American Academy of Arts and Letters. American Academy of Arts and Letters. 15 April 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160417205340/http://www.artsandletters.org/press_releases/2016literature.pdf. 17 April 2016.
- Web site: Fellow. Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. 14 April 2015.
- Web site: "Publishing Triangle Winners Unveiled", GalleyCat, 04/20/2012.
- Web site: Jackson Poetry Prize. Poets & Writers. 12 February 2008 . 14 April 2015.
- Web site: Phi Beta Kappa Poet. Harvard Magazine. 24 May 2011 . 15 April 2015.
- Web site: LA Times Book Award. Los Angeles Times. 17 April 2015. 2 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402160158/http://events.latimes.com/bookprizes/previous-winners/year-2010/. dead.
- Web site: Academy of Arts and Sciences. amacad.org. American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 15 April 2015.
- Web site: Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. poets.org. Academy of American Poets. 16 April 2015.
- [Ambassador Book Award]
- Web site: Massachusetts Book Award. yumpu.com. Massachusetts Center for the Book. 16 April 2015.
- Web site: Lambda Literary Award. lambdaliterary.org. 30 April 2007 . Lambda Literary Awards. 16 April 2015.
- Web site: United States Artists Fellowship. unitedstatesartists.org. United States Artists. 16 April 2015.
- Web site: An Interview by Christopher Hennessy . Christopher . Hennessy . American Poetry Review . May 2005 . 2010-07-12.
- Web site: Guggenheim Fellowship. gf.org. John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
- Web site: Award in Literature. artsandletters.org. American Academy of Arts and Letters. 16 April 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150416214402/http://www.artsandletters.org/press_releases/2004literature.php. 16 April 2015.
- Web site: Pulitzer. pulitzer.org. Pulitzer. 15 April 2015.
- Web site: LA Times Book Award. Los Angeles Times. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150922082938/http://events.latimes.com/bookprizes/press-releases/2004-03-09/. 2015-09-22.
- Web site: Massachusetts Book Award. bpl.org. Boston Public Library. 16 April 2015. 16 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150416165549/http://www.bpl.org/research/adultbooklists/massbookawards04.htm. dead.
- Web site: Japan Fellowship. jusfc.gov. Japan-United States Friendship Commission. 16 April 2015.
- Web site: Berlin Prize. americanacademy.de. American Academy in Berlin. 16 April 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150416164717/http://www.americanacademy.de/home/alumni/alumni-directory?page=1. 16 April 2015.
- News: Rome Prize. The New York Times. 22 April 1995 .
- Web site: NEA Fellowship. arts.gov. National Endowment for the Arts.
- Web site: Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship. amylowell.org. Choate, Hall & Stewart. 16 April 2015.
- [Ingram Merrill Foundation]
- News: Henri Cole, The Art of Poetry No. 98. Weiss. Sasha. 2014. The Paris Review. 2018-04-11. 209. Summer 2014. en. 0031-2037.
- News: Weiss . Interviewed by Sasha . 2014 . The Art of Poetry No. 98 . en . Summer 2014 . 209 . 2022-10-19 . 0031-2037.