Awards & Winners

Nikky Finney

Date of Birth 26-August-1957
Place of Birth Conway
(Horry County, South Carolina)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Lynn Carol Finney
Profession Poet, Writer, Author
Nikky Finney is an award-winning American poet, and was the Guy Davenport Endowed Professor of English at the University of Kentucky for twenty years. An alumna of Talladega College, and author of four books of poetry and a short story cycle, Finney’s commitment to social justice and cultural preservation is revealed through the themes of her work. Her numerous honors include the 2011 National Book Award for Head Off & Split. In 2013, she accepted a faculty position at the University of South Carolina as the John H. Bennett, Jr. Chair in Southern Letters and Literature. An alumna of Talladega College, and author of four books of poetry and a short story cycle, Finney’s commitment to social justice and cultural preservation is revealed through the themes of her work. Her numerous honors include the 2011 National Book Award for Head Off & Split. Finney lives in Columbia, SC.

Awards by Nikky Finney

Check all the awards nominated and won by Nikky Finney.

2012


Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry Head Off & Split

2011


National Book Award for Poetry
Honored for : Head Off & Split

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Poetry Head Off & Split