Peter Balakian
Author of The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response
About the Author
Peter Balakian was born in Teaneck, New Jersey on June 13, 1951. He received a B.A. from Bucknell University, a M.A. from New York University, and a Ph.D. in American civilization from Brown University. He has been an English professor at Colgate University since 1980. His collections of poetry show more including Father Fisheye, Sad Days of Light, Reply from Wilderness Island, Dyer's Thistle, June-Tree: New and Selected Poems 1974-2000, Ziggurat, and Ozone Journal, which won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. He has also written works of nonfiction including Theodore Roethke's Far Fields and The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response. His memoir, Black Dog of Fate, won the PEN/Albrand Prize for memoir. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Birthdate
- 1951-06-13
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
Hamilton, New York, USA - Education
- Bucknell University (BA)
New York University (MA)
Brown University (PhD|American Civilization) - Occupations
- professor
- Relationships
- Balakian, Anna (aunt)
Balakian, Nona (aunt)
Balakian, Grigoris (great-granduncle) - Organizations
- Colgate University
- Awards and honors
- Guggenheim Fellowship (1999)
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (2004)
PEN/Martha Albrand Prize for Memoir (1998)
Raphael Lemkin Prize (2005)
New Jersey Council for the Humanities Book Award (1998)
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- Works
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- Members
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- Popularity
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- ISBNs
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