Philip Levine - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	10-January-1928
Place of Birth	Detroit (Wayne County, Michigan, United States of America, Area code 313)
Nationality	United States of America
Also know as	Levine, Philip
Profession	Writer, Poet
Philip Levine is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet best known for his poems about working-class Detroit. He taught for more than thirty years in the English department of California State University, Fresno and held teaching positions at other universities as well. He was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States for 2011â€“2012.

Awards by Philip Levine

Check all the awards nominated and won by Philip Levine.

1995

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Honored for : The Simple Truth

Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry	The Simple Truth

1994

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry	The Simple Truth

1991

National Book Award for Poetry

Honored for : What Work Is

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
National Book Award for Poetry	What Work Is

1987

Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize

1980

National Book Award for Poetry

Honored for : Ashes: Poems New and Old

Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
National Book Award for Poetry	Ashes: Poems New and Old

1979

National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry	Honored for : Ashes: Poems New and Old

1973

Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada	(Poetry)

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