Awards & Winners

Leslie Scalapino

Date of Birth 25-July-1944
Place of Birth Santa Barbara
(United States of America, California)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Writer, Playwright, Poet, Essayist, Editor, Publisher
Leslie Scalapino was a United States poet, experimental prose writer, playwright, essayist, and editor, sometimes grouped in with the Language poets, though she felt closely tied to the Beat poets. A longtime resident of California's Bay Area, she earned an M.A. in English from the University of California at Berkeley. One of Scalapino's most critically well-received works is way, a long poem which won the Poetry Center Award, the Lawrence Lipton Prize, and the American Book Award.

Awards by Leslie Scalapino

Check all the awards nominated and won by Leslie Scalapino.

1989


American Book Awards
Honored for : Way