Solmaz Sharif
Solmaz Sharif (* 1986 in Istanbul , Turkey ) is an Iranian - American poet.
Life
Sharif was born in Istanbul to the daughter of Iranians who left their homeland in the late 1970s. She received degrees from both the University of California at Berkeley and New York University . Then she published poetry z. B. in The New Republic and in Poetry . She is currently teaching on a two-year Jones Lecturership fellowship at Stanford University in California .
In 2016 Sharif became known in the USA for the publication of the volume Look: Poems . In this volume she describes, among other things, the change in terms used in everyday language by the Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms published by the US Department of Defense . She began working on and with this compendium in 2007.
Prizes and awards
- 2017: American Book Award for Look
- 2014: Jona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award and Fellowship
- Fellowship of the National Endowment for the Arts
Publications
- Look: poems . Graywolf Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 2016, ISBN 978-1-55597-940-9 .
Web links
- Biography (en.)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sharif, Solmaz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Istanbul , Turkey |