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Patrick Phillips

b. 1970

American writer

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Born 1970. Patrick Phillips is an American translator, teacher, poet, university teacher, academic and literary scholar.

Patrick Phillips is an American poet, writer, and professor. He teaches writing and literature at Stanford University, and is a Carnegie Foundation Fellow and a fellow of the Cullman Center for Writers at the New York Public Library. The American Poetry Review, Harvard Review, DoubleTake, New England Review, and Virginia Quarterly Review, and have been featured on Garrison Keillor's show The Writer's Almanac on National Public Radio.

Phillips' 2016 non-fiction book Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America was named a best book of the year by The Boston Globe, The New York Times, and Smithsonian magazine.

Phillips has also served as a faculty member for the annual Conference on Poetry at The Frost Place in New Hampshire.

Honors and awards 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship 2009 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry 2008 Translation Prize of the American-Scandinavian Foundation 2005 Kate Tufts Discovery Award, for Chattahoochee 2004 Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Fellowship 2003 "Discovery" / The Nation Award, Unterberg Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y 2001 Sjoberg Translation Prize of the American-Scandinavian Foundation, for translations of the Danish poet Henrik Nordbrandt 2000 Fulbright Fellowship in Literary Translation, University of Copenhagen

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Education
University of Copenhagen, Lakeview Academy
Employers
Drew University, Stanford University
Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship; National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship; Fulbright Scholarship; The Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards; Lyric Poetry Award; Carnegie Fellow

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Patrick Phillips?

American writer

When was Patrick Phillips born?

Patrick Phillips was born on 30 July 1970 in United States.

What is Patrick Phillips's occupation?

Patrick Phillips is a translator, teacher, poet, university teacher, academic and literary scholar.

What nationality is Patrick Phillips?

Patrick Phillips is American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Patrick Phillips

· Wikidata: Q7147467

· DBpedia: Patrick Phillips

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