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.
A Nigerian schoolgirl abducted by extremists 10 years ago is rescued pregnant and with 3 kids
Powerful Hurricane Ida slams U.S. Louisiana, other regions
German dependency on Russian energy significantly reduced: president
Laotians appreciate Chinese medical team's timely help to combat COVID
World Giraffe Day celebrated in Yongin, South Korea
China developing two models of reusable rockets
China's first artificial bred Pallas's cat dies
Judge in Trump case orders media not to report where potential jurors work
China calls on G20 members to advance partnership spirit