Yusef Komunyakaa - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	29-April-1947
Place of Birth	Bogalusa (United States of America, Louisiana, Washington Parish)
Nationality	United States of America
Also know as	James Willie Brown Jr, James William Brown
Profession	Writer, Professor, Poet
Yusef Komunyakaa is an American poet who teaches at New York University and is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Komunyakaa is a recipient of the 1994 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, for Neon Vernacular and the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. He also received the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Komunyakaa received the 2007 Louisiana Writer Award for his enduring contribution to the poetry world. His subject matter ranges from the black general experience through rural Southern life before the Civil Rights time period and his experience as a soldier during the Vietnam War.

Awards by Yusef Komunyakaa

Check all the awards nominated and won by Yusef Komunyakaa.

2011

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
National Book Award for Poetry	The Chameleon Couch

2001

Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize

2000

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry	Talking Dirty to the Gods

1998

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry	Thieves of Paradise

1994

Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award

Honored for : Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Honored for : Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry	Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems

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