Jen Hofer
American poet (born 1971)
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Jen Hofer (born 1971[1]) is an American poet, translator, and interpreter.
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| Born | 1971 (age 54–55) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Occupations | American poet and translator |
| Organization | Antena-Aire |
| Awards | PEN Award for Poetry in Translation; Harold Morton Landon Translation Award |
| Website | http://antenaantena.org/about-us-2/ |
Biography
Jen Hofer was born in San Francisco,[2] and lives in Los Angeles.
Hofer is an American poet and translator, and is currently an adjunct professor of MFA writing at Otis College of Art and Design.[3] Prior to that, Hofer was as an Adjunct Professor at California Institute of the Arts.[4]
Hofer was the co-founder (with JD Pluecker) of Antena, a "language justice and language experimentation collaborative".[5]
Awards
Hofer won the 2012 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation, for the poem Negro Marfil/Ivory Black.[6] The PEN Award judges refer to Hofer's translation of Negro Marfil/Ivory Black as a work that "articulates writing as a gesture hovering between binaries, bodies, languages, modes of perception, cultures...[and is] reflexively about translation.[6]
Hofer also won the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award in 2012 for the translation of Myriam Moscona's book Negro Marfil/Ivory Black.[7]
Works
Poetry
- As far as, A+Bend Press, 1999
- Slide rule, Subpress, 2002, ISBN 9781930068155
- Lawless, Seeing Eye Books, 2003
- Laws, Dusie Kollektiv, 2007
- Going Going, Dusie Kollektiv, 2007
- 13 things I would photograph for you if I could, Self-published, 2009
- One, Palm Press, 2009, ISBN 9780978926298
- Trouble : August 2009, 3:15 a.m., Dusie Kollektiv, 2010
- Lead & Tether, California Institute of the Arts, 2011
- The Missing Link, Insert Blanc Press, 2014
Translations
- Sin puertas visibles: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by Mexican Women, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2003, ISBN 9780822957980
- Laura Solórzano, Lip Wolf, Action Books, 2007, ISBN 9780976569275
- Dolores Dorantes, sexoPUROsexoVELOZ and Septiembre, Books 2 and 3 of Dolores Dorantes, Counterpath Press and Kenning Editions, 2008, ISBN 9780976736424
- Myriam Moscona, Ivory Black, Les Figues Press, 2011, ISBN 9781934254226
Group projects and Collaborations
- Bernadette Mayer, Lee Ann Brown, Jen Hofer, Danika Dinsmore, The 3:15 Experiment, Owl Press, 2001 ISBN 9780966943030
- Patrick F. Durgin, Jen Hofer, The Route, Atelos, 2008, ISBN 9781891190308
