NEW YORK (AP) — Fady Joudah, a Palestinian American poet who has said he writes for the future because “the present is demolished,” has received a $100,000 award from Poets & Writers.
Joudah is this year’s winner of the Jackson Poetry Prize, given to an American writer of “exceptional talent. He was chosen by a panel of three poets: Natalie Diaz, Gregory Pardlo and Diane Seuss.
The judges’ citation, released Thursday, noted Joudah’s “significant and evolving body of work, distinguished by his courage to speak in the face of the unspeakable, in poems of lyric concision and intensity.”
Joudah’s books include “The Earth in the Attic” and “Tethered to the Stars,” along with English-language translations of the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. His other honors include winning the Yale Series of Younger Poets competition, in 2007, and receiving a PEN USA Literary Award.
The Jackson prize was established in 2007, and has previously been given to Sonia Sanchez, Joy Harjo and Claudia Rankine among others.
Civilian interrogator defends work at Abu Ghraib, tells jury he was promoted
Sienna Miller looks incredible in a tiny black bikini as she surfs the waves in Costa Rica
'Rust' movie armorer sentenced to 18 months for fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin
The Sky added plenty of star power in the WNBA draft with Kamilla Cardoso and Angel Reese
The 49ers are slated to pick in the 1st round for the 1st time since 2021
WhatsApp has made a subtle change that has left users FURIOUS
Gordon Ramsay serves papers to masked pub squatters who trashed TV chef's £13million London boozer
World is not doing enough to protect coral reefs, UN envoy says
Inside luxury brands' STAGGERING price hikes
Lottery, gambling bill heads to Alabama legislative conference committee for negotiations
Horoscope today: Daily guide to what the stars have in store for YOU
Ecuador rations electricity as drought persists in the northern Andes