Miller Wolf Oberman
Miller Wolf Oberman was aRuth Lilly Fellow as well as a 2016 winner of the 92nd St Y’s Boston Review/ Discovery Prize. His translation of selections from the “Old English Rune Poem” won Poetry’s John Frederick Nims Memorial Prize For Translation in 2013. Miller's first book "The Unstill Ones," a collection of poems and Old English translations was published in September 2017 by Princeton University Press.[1] He teaches at Eugene Lang College at The New School and lives in Queens with his wife, rock singer and rabbinical student Louisa Rachel Solomon of The Shondes and their children. He holds a PhD in English from the University of Connecticut.
Awards[edit]
NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, 2023. [2]
Discovery/Boston Review Prize, 2016.[3]
AWP Intro Award Journals Project, 2014 Honorable Mention for “Lies After the War.”[4]
John Frederick Nims Memorial Prize for Translation, 2013, awarded by Poetry Magazine for the “Old English Rune Poem.”[5]
The Wallace Stevens Student Poetry Prize, 2014.[6]
Finalist for the Montreal International Poetry Prize, 2012.[7]
Winner of a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Prize, 2009.
Winner of The Academy of American Poets University Prize, 2006.
Recipient of the Ruth Lilly Fellowship, 2005.
Recipient of the Flannery O'Connor Fellowship, 2004–2005.
Winner of the Sarah Lawrence College Andrea K. Willison Poetry Prize, 2000.
Selected publications[edit]
Princeton University Press:The Unstill Ones 2017
Poetry Magazine: “Theory” [8] and “Two Shabbats with Paul Celan,[9] February 2023
The New Yorker: “The Wind is Loud” [10] June 2021
Poets.org: “Commas” [11] June 22, 2021
Poetry Magazine: “This and That at the Frick” [12] June 2020
Poets.org: “Taharah” [13] December 10, 2019
Poetry Magazine: “Joy” [14] May 2019
Harvard Review: “From Old English Rune Poem,” “The Ruin,” “Caedmon’s Hymn,” “Riddle 63” and “Riddle 94.” [15] June 4, 2018
Southeast Review: “He Was Restless,” summer 2016.
The Minnesota Review: “Silentium” 2016.
Tin House: “Wulf and Eadwacer” and “Tension” Winter 2016/17.
The Nation: “Lies After the War,” 2016.
Broadsided Press: “Morning Pastoral,” 2016.
Boston Review: “Wolf Brother,” summer 2016.
Fourteen Hills: “The Smokewood Tree,” summer, 2016.
Poetry Magazine: translation of “The Woman Who Cannot,” July/August, 2016.
berfrois: “The Grave,” March, 2016, and “The Ruin” and “Dear Lengthening Day” June, 2016.
Beloit Poetry Journal: “Who People Are,” winter 2015-2016.
Poetry Daily: “Who People Are,” February 25, 2016.[16]
Poetry Magazine: “On Trans,” March, 2015.
Poetry Magazine: translation from the “Old English Rune Poem,” June, 2013.
Rattle: “Ears” Summer, 2010.[17]
Realpoetik: “Myron,” “To Keep the House Quiet,” “Eighth Nerve” and “Daybreak,” April, 2008.
The Minnesota Review: “Dixie Paint,” Winter, 2006.
Bloom Magazine: “After the Demolition Derby,” Fall, 2005.
References[edit]
- ^ "English Ph.D. Student Finds Beauty in 'The Ruin' - UConn Today". UConn Today. 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
- ^ Cite web|url=https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/artist-fellowships/fellows/
- ^ "Discovery/Boston Review Poetry Contest - Unterberg Poetry Center - Tisch Center for the Arts - 92nd Street Y - New York, NY". www.92y.org. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
- ^ "AWP: Intro Journals Project Winners". www.awpwriter.org. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
- ^ "Miller Oberman". www.poetryfoundation.org. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
- ^ "Congratulations to the 2014 Student Poetry Prize winners! | The Wallace Stevens Poetry Program". 18 February 2014. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
- ^ "Montreal Prize Long List for Poetry 2012" (PDF).
- ^ "Theory". poetryfoundation.org.
- ^ "Two Shabbats with Paul Celan". poetryfoundation.org.
- ^ "The Wind Is Loud". newyorker.com.
- ^ "Commas". poets.org.
- ^ "This and That at the Frick". poetryfoundation.org.
- ^ "Taharah". poets.org.
- ^ "Joy". poetryfoundation.org.
- ^ "Caedmon's Hymn and Other Old English Poems". harvardreview.org.
- ^ "Poetry Daily's Featured Poet: Miller Oberman". poems.com. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
- ^ ""Ears" by Miller Oberman". 2011-01-19. Retrieved 2016-06-29.