Bill Zavatsky

Poet

New York, NY
New York US

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Earthlight: Poems by André Breton, trans. from the French with Zack Rogow (Commonwealth Books/Black Widow Press, 2017)
,
Haiku & Co.: Poems and Drawings (Omerta Publications, 2016)
,
The Poems of A. O. Barnabooth by Valery Larbaud, trans. from the French with Ron Padgett (Black Widow Press, 2008)
,
Where X Marks the Spot (Hanging Loose Press, 2006)
,
The Face of Poetry, ed. by Zack Rogow and Margaretta K. Mitchell (University of California Press, 2005)
Chapbook:
Rimbaud 10 Poems (Omerta Publications, 2014)
Prizes won: 

Book-of-the-Month/PEN Translation Award, shared with Zack Rogow for Earthlight; fellowships in poetry from the New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the MacDowell Colony, and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Bridgeport, CT
Connecticut
Raised in: 
Bridgeport, CT
Connecticut
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Last update: May 21, 2019