Occupation Author Name Jennifer Clement | Role Author | |
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Alma mater BA New York University (1981) MFA University of Southern Maine (2014) Notable works Widow Basquiat, A True Story Based On Lies, Prayers for the Stolen Notable awards National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Fellowship in Literature, The Canongate Prize Education Edron Academy, New York University Books Widow Basquiat, A true story based on lies, Prayers for the Stolen, The Poison That Fascinates, New and Selected Poems | ||
Jennifer clement celebra a la viuda de basquiat
Jennifer Clement is President of PEN International and the first woman to be elected to the office. She is an American-Mexican author. She studied English Literature and Anthropology at New York University and also studied French literature in Paris, France. She has an MFA from the University of Southern Maine. She was President of PEN Mexico from 2009 to 2012, and is the current President of PEN International. Clement’s books have been translated into 24 languages.
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- Jennifer clement celebra a la viuda de basquiat
- Jennifer clement gebete f r die vermissten buchtrailer
- Personal life
- Awards and honors
- References
Clement is the author three novels: Prayers for the Stolen, A True Story Based on Lies (finalist in the Orange Prize for Fiction) and The Poison That Fascinates. She also wrote the cult classic memoir Widow Basquiat (on the painter Jean Michel Basquiat and NYC in the early 80’s).
Prayers for the Stolen was a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice Book, First Selection for National Reading Group Month's Great Group Reads and appeared internationally on many “Best Books of the Year” lists, including The Irish Times. She is also the author of several books of poetry: The Next Stranger (with an introduction by W.S. Merwin); Newton’s Sailor; Lady of the Broom and Jennifer Clement: New and Selected Poems. Her prize-winning story A Salamander-Child is published as an art book with work by the Mexican painter Gustavo Monroy.
Jennifer Clement was awarded the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) Fellowship for Literature in 2012 for her novel Prayers for the Stolen and was honored with The Sara Curry Humanitarian Award for that work. She is also the recipient of the UK’s Canongate Prize. Clement is a Santa Maddalena Fellow, the MacDowell Colony’s Robert and Stephanie Olmsted Fellow for 2007-08 and, in 2015, was chosen to be a City of Asylum Resident in Pittsburgh, PA. She is a member of Mexico’s prestigious “Sistema Nacional de Creadores.”
Jennifer Clement, along with her sister Barbara Sibley, is the founder and director The San Miguel Poetry Week. Clement lives in Mexico City, Mexico.
Jennifer clement gebete f r die vermissten buchtrailer
Personal life
Born in 1960 in Greenwich, Connecticut, Clement moved in 1961 with her family to Mexico City, where she later attended Edron Academy. She moved to the United States to finish high school at Cranbrook Kingswood School, before studying English Literature and Anthropology at New York University. She received her MFA from the University of Southern Maine. She is the co-director and founder, with her sister Barbara Sibley, of the San Miguel Poetry Week.