Eduardo C. Corral
Eduardo C. Corral | |
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 Eduardo Corral at 2013 Fall for the Book | |
| Born | February 25, 1973 (49) Casa Grande, Arizona |
| Occupation | Associate Professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis |
| Language | English, Spanish |
| Alma mater | Arizona State University; Iowa Writer's Workshop |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable awards | Yale Younger Series Poets; Whiting Award |
Eduardo C. Corral is an American poet and Associate Professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis. His first collection, Slow Lightning, published by Yale University Press, was the winner of the 2011 Yale Younger Series Poets award, making him the first Latino recipient of this prize.[1] His 2020 work, guillotine, was awarded the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for gay poetry and was longlisted for the 2020 National Book Award for Poetry.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Corral was born in Casa Grande, Arizona to Higinio and Socorro Corral, on February 25, 1973.[3]
He is an Associate Professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis.[4]
Career
[edit]Corral studied Chicano studies at Arizona State University.[3] He received his Masters in Fine Arts from the Iowa Writer's Workshop. Corral was also a founding fellow of the CantoMundo Writers Conference.[5][6] He is a featured faculty member at the 2018 Poetry Seminar at The Frost Place in Franconia, NH.
His poems have been published in various journals including Black Warrior Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Colorado Review, Indiana Review, Meridian, MiPOesias, and The Nation.[7]
His collection "Slow Lightning" was chosen by Carl Phillips for the prestigious Yale Younger Series Poets award. Corral is the first Latino poet chosen for the prize.[8] He has cited Robert Hayden, Federico García Lorca, C.D. Wright, and José Montoya as influences.[9][10]
Slow Lighting (Yale University Press, 2012)
[edit]Corral is intentional and careful when writing. He's filled several notebooks, which he has saved, when writing his first collection.[9]
Awards/Fellowships
[edit]
- Discovery/The Nation Award, 2005
- New Millennium Writings Award
- Whiting Award, 2011[11]
- Yale Younger Series Poets, 2011
- Yaddo Fellowship[11]
- MacDowell Colony Fellowship
- Olive B. O'Connor Fellowship, 2009
- Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry, 2021[12]
Publications
[edit]Poetry Collections
- Slow Lightning, Yale University Press, 2012. ISBN 9780300178920, OCLC 759174237
- Guillotine, Graywolf Press, 2020. ISBN 978-1-64445-030-7
See also
[edit]
List of Mexican American writersExternal audio 
Eduardo C. Corral and Carmen Calatayud, The Poet and the Poem 2024-25 Series- List of CantoMundo Former Fellows
References
[edit]- ^ "Slow Lightning and Eduardo Corral: Yale's First Latino Younger Poet". Yalebooks. Archived from the original on May 6, 2019. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
- ^ "2021 Winners". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ a b Ruelas, Richard (November 26, 2011). "Poetry opened doors wide for Eduardo Corral". The Arizona Republic. Archived from the original on December 2, 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ English, Department of (2024-09-03). "Eduardo C. Corral". Department of English. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
- ^ Latino Poets Connect at CantoMundo by Belinda Acosta, Poets & Writers, November/December 2011 https://www.pw.org/content/latino_poets_connect_at_cantomundo Archived 2017-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "CantoMundo: Two poets meet in conversation about grief", Portuguese American Journal, January 22, 2012 http://portuguese-american-journal.com/cantomundo-two-poets-meet-in-conversation-about-griefaustin-tx/ Archived 2017-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Web Del Sol Chapbook Series: Eduardo C. Corral". Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ "Poetry Profiled 2012". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Eduardo C. Corral (Spotlight on U.S. Hispanic Writers, Poetry of America, Poetry and Literature, Library of Congress)". www.loc.gov. Archived from the original on 2018-09-30. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ "Five for Eduardo C. Corral | Ploughshares". Archived from the original on 2012-05-30. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
- ^ a b "Poet Eduardo Corral Wins Whiting Award". Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ Jane Henderson, "Lambda Literary Awards announce winners" Archived 2024-11-27 at the Wayback Machine. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 1, 2021.
Sources
[edit]- "Poetry opened doors wide for Eduardo Corral" by Richard Ruelas, Arizona Republic, November 26, 2011.
External links
[edit]- Profile of Corral on the Arizona Republic website
- Three Poems by Corral at Poetry Foundation website
- Profile of Corral on the Whiting Foundation website
- Corral page on Yale University Press website
- Interview on Ploughshares website
- Eduardo Corral recorded at the Library of Congress for the Hispanic Division’s audio literary archive on September 17, 2012
- 1973 births
- American male poets
- American poets of Mexican descent
- Arizona State University alumni
- American gay writers
- Hispanic and Latino American poets
- Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni
- LGBTQ Hispanic and Latino American people
- American LGBTQ poets
- Living people
- People from Casa Grande, Arizona
- Poets from Arizona
- University of Iowa alumni
- Yale Younger Poets winners
- 21st-century American poets
- People from Rego Park, Queens
- 21st-century American male writers
- Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry winners
- Gay poets
- Washington University in St. Louis faculty