Srikanth Reddy
American poet (born 1973)
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Srikanth Reddy (born 1973) is an American scholar, poet and writer. He received National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, a Creative Capital Award In 2013, and Guggenheim fellowship in 2018[1][2][3]
Srikanth Reddy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1973 (age 52–53) |
| Occupation | Scholar |
Reddy delivered the Bagley Wright Lectures in Poetry in fall 2015, and served as a judge for the 2019 Griffin Poetry Prize.[4][5]
Early life and education
Reddy was born in the United States to Telugu physician parents from southern India.[6] He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Harvard University, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
Career
He is Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Chicago.[7][8]
His poetry has been published in Jacket magazine,[9] Poetry Northwest,[10] Harper's Magazine,[11] and The Guardian,[12] and his literary criticism has appeared in The New York Times, Lana Turner, Raritan, PEN America, and other publications.[13]
In October 2021, Reddy was announced as the editor of Phoenix Poets, a book series published by the University of Chicago Press,[14] and in December 2022, he assumed the role of poetry editor for The Paris Review.[15]
Works
- Facts for Visitors: Poems. University of California Press. March 20, 2004. ISBN 978-0-520-93759-8.[16][17]
- Voyager. University of California Press. January 8, 2011. ISBN 978-0-520-94826-6.[18]
- Readings in World Literature. Omnidawn. 1 September 2012. ISBN 9781890650643[19]
- Changing Subjects: Digressions in Modern American Poetry. Oxford University Press, USA. July 12, 2012. ISBN 978-0-19-979102-6.
- Underworld Lit. Wave Books. August 4, 2020. ISBN 9781940696935.[20]
- The Unsignificant. Wave Books. September 17, 2024. ISBN 9798891060067.[21]
