Daniel Borzutzky

Daniel Borzutzky is a Chicago-based poet and translator. His collection The Performance of Becoming Human won the 2016 National Book Award.[4]

Daniel Borzutzky
Born1974 (age 47–48)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
NationalityChilean-American[1]
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma mater
GenrePoetry
Notable worksThe Performance of Becoming Human
Notable awardsNational Book Award

The son of Chilean immigrants, Borzutzky's work often addresses immigration, worker exploitation, political corruption, and economic disparity.[5] He is an Associate Professor of English and Latino Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago.[6]

Works

Poetry
Full Length Collections
  • Written After a Massacre in the Year 2018. Minneapolis, MN: Coffee House Press. 2021. ISBN 9781566896054.
  • Lake Michigan, University of Pittsburgh Press. 2018. ISBN 9780822965220, OCLC 1007923836
  • The Performance of Becoming Human Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Arts Press. 2016. ISBN 9781936767465, OCLC 994060924[7][8]
  • In the Murmurs of the Rotten Carcass Economy Brooklyn, N.Y.: Nightboat Books. 2015. ISBN 9781937658335, OCLC 894937620
  • The Book of Interfering Bodies Brooklyn, N.Y.: Nightboat Books. 2011. ISBN 9780984459827, OCLC 838471857
  • The Ecstasy of Capitulation Buffalo, N.Y.: Blaze Vox Books. 2007. ISBN 9781934289242, OCLC 105635040
Chapbooks
  • Bedtime Stories for the End of the World Bloof Books, 2014. OCLC 906944426
  • Data Bodies (Holon, 2013)
  • Failure in the imagination, Milwaukee, WI: Bronze Skull Press, 2007. OCLC 181911375
Poetry/Essay
  • Memories of my Overdevelopment Chicago: Kenning Editions, 2015. OCLC 944444558
  • Arbitrary tales,Triple Press: 2005. ISBN 9780976659310, OCLC 166144754

Translations
  • Galo Ghigliotto, Valdivia (co•im•press, 2016)
  • Raúl Zurita, The Country of Planks (Action Books, 2015)
  • Raúl Zurita, Song for his Disappeared Love (Action Books, 2010)
  • Jaime Luis Huenún, Port Trakl (Action Books, 2008)

Honors

References
  1. McSweeney, Joyelle. "Daniel Borzutzky". BOMB Magazine. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  2. "About Daniel Borzutzky". Poets.org. Academy of American Poets. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  3. "Students and Alumni: Recent Graduate Accomplishments". SAIC. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  4. Alter, Alexandra (2016-11-17). "Colson Whitehead Wins National Book Award for 'The Underground Railroad'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
  5. "2016 National Book Award Winner, Poetry". National Book Foundation. National Book Foundation. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  6. https://engl.uic.edu/profiles/borzutzky-daniel/
  7. "Enjambed with Rotten Assets: Daniel Borzutzky's 'The Performance of Becoming Human'". Hyperallergic. 2017-03-04. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  8. Tribune, Chicago. "Chicagoan gives poetry 'Performance' worthy of National Book Award". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2018-01-18.


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