Matthew Olzmann

Matthew Olzmann is a poet, author, and essayist. His poetry collection, Mezzanines, was selected for the 2011 Kundiman Prize. He also received Kresge Arts Foundation fellowship, and in 2021 he was named as a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow.

Matthew Olzmann
BornDetroit
Alma mater
Employer
Awards
  • Kundiman fellow

Personal life

Matthew Olzmann was born in Detroit, Michigan. He currently teaches at Dartmouth College, and the MFA program at Warren Wilson College.[1] Olzmann is married to poet Vievee Francis.[2]

Career

Olzmann received his BA from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and his MFA from Warren Wilson College.[3]

He has had poems, stories, and essays appear in various publications, such as Best American Poetry, Kenyon Review, New England Review, Salt Hill, Margie, Atlanta Review, Necessary Fiction, Brevity, Southern Review, and elsewhere.[1]

Olzmann is the author of two poetry publications. His debut collection, Mezzanines, was published by Alice James Books in 2013, which won the Kundiman Prize. In November 2016, Olzmann published his second collection, Contradictions in the Design, also from Alice James Books. In 2012, Olzmann edited Another & Another: An Anthology from the Grind Daily Writing Series along with Ross White.[3]

Awards and fellowships

Works

References
  1. "About". Matthew Olzmann. 2013-04-21. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  2. Stone, Nomi. "This Is My Name: A Conversation with Vievee Francis". LAReviewofBooks.org. Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  3. Foundation, Poetry (2019-08-04). "Matthew Olzmann". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  4. "Matthew Olzmann". Kresge Arts in Detroit. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  5. Wendy, Author. "A Conversation with Matthew Olzmann – Lantern Review Blog". Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  6. Selvin, Claire (2018-08-29). "MacDowell Colony Awards Fellowships to 87 Artists". ARTnews. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
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