Mariela Griffor

Poet

Grosse Pointe, MI
Michigan US

Author's Bio

Mariela Griffor was born in the city of Concepcion in southern Chile. She attended the University of Santiago and the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. She left Chile for an involuntary exile in Sweden in 1985. She and her American husband returned to the United States in 1998 with their two daughters. They live in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan. She is co-founder of The Institute for Creative Writers at Wayne State University and Publisher of Marick Press. Her work has appeared in periodicals across Latin America and the United States. Mariela holds a B.A in Journalism and a M.F.A. in Creative Writing from New England College. She is the author of House (Mayapple Press) and The Psychiatrist (Eyewear Publishing). She is Honorary Consul of Chile in Michigan.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Poetry In Michigan (New Issues Press, 2013)
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Working Words: Punching the Clock and Kicking Out the Jams (Coffee House Press, 2010)
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Poetry International (San Diego University Press, 2009)
Books:
Pablo Neruda's Canto General: Song of the Americas (Tupelo Press, 2016)
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The Psychiatrist (Eyewear Publishing, 2013)
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The Psychiatrist (Guernica Editions, 2013)
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Exiliana (Luna Publications, 2007)
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House (Mayapple Press, 2007)
Journals:
Absinthe: New European Writing
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Aldebaran
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Amoskeag
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Furnace
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IthacaLit
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Talisman
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Prizes won: 

2007 International Award by Wayne County Council of Arts, History and Humanities.
2006 Poetry, Carol and Frank Hennessy award, Grosse Pointe Art Center Poet-in-Residence.
2004 Poetry, Reencounter, ONG - Anthology of winners of the ONG Literary Prize for Poetry 1st Prize (Santiago, CHILE)
2003 Poetry, Pablo Neruda 100 Years Anniversary, Chilean Cultural Association of Canberra, 1st Prize (Sydney, AUSTRALIA)
2003 Poetry, Detroit Urban Writer-in-Residence Program at Wayne State University - (Detroit, MI)
2001, 2002, Journalism, Journalism Institute Award, Wayne State University. (Detroit, MI)

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Collected Poems by Dylan Thomas, Collected Poems by James Wright, The Complete Poems and Plays by T.S. Eliot, Collected Poems by W.B. Yeats, Canto General by Pablo Neruda

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Hispanic, Latino/Latina/Latinx, Spanish American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English, Spanish, Swedish
Born in: 
Concepcion, Chile
Raised in: 
Chile
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Last update: Sep 13, 2018