Awards & Winners

Ellen Bryant Voigt

Date of Birth 1943
Place of Birth Virginia
(United States of America, Contiguous United States, Charles Irving Thornton Tombstone, Lacks Family Cemetery )
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Ellen Voigt
Profession Poet
Ellen Bryant Voigt is an American poet. She has published six collections of poetry and a collection of craft essays. Her poetry collection Shadow of Heaven was a finalist for the National Book Award and Kyrie was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her poetry has been published in several national publications. She served as the Poet Laureate of Vermont for four years and in 2003 was elected a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. Voigt grew up in [Chatham, Virginia]], graduated from Converse College, and received an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa. She has taught at M.I.T. and Goddard College where in 1976 she developed and directed the nation's first low-residency M.F.A. in Creative Writing program. Since 1981 she has taught in the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers. She is married to Fran Voigt formerly an administrator at Goddard College. They have two children, Dudley and Will. She resides in Cabot, Vermont.

Awards by Ellen Bryant Voigt

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2009


Poets' Prize
Honored for : Messenger: New and Selected Poems 1976-2006

2008


Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Messenger: New and Selected Poems 1976-2006

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Poetry Messenger: New and Selected Poems 1976-2006

2002


Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Poetry Shadow of Heaven

1995


Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry Kyrie