Daniel Borzutzky
Daniel Borzutzky is a Chicago-based poet and translator. His collection The Performance of Becoming Human won the 2016 National Book Award.
The son of Chilean immigrants, Borzutzky's work often addresses immigration, worker exploitation, political corruption, and economic disparity. He teaches at the University of Illinois at Chicago.Works
Poetry
;Full Length Collections:
- Lake Michigan, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018.,
- The Performance of Becoming Human Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Arts Press, 2016.,
- In the Murmurs of the Rotten Carcass Economy New York: Nightboat Books, 2015.,
- The Book of Interfering Bodies Callicoon, NY: Nightboat Books Lebanon, NH, 2011.,
- The Ecstasy of Capitulation Buffalo, N.Y.: Blaze Vox Books, 2007.,
;Chapbooks:
;Poetry/Essay:
- Memories of my Overdevelopment Chicago: Kenning Editions, 2015.
- Arbitrary tales,Triple Press: 2005.,
Translations
- Galo Ghigliotto, Valdivia
- Raúl Zurita, The Country of Planks
- Raúl Zurita, Song for his Disappeared Love
- Jaime Luis Huenún, Port Trakl
Honors
- National Book Award, The Performance of Becoming Human
- ALTA's National Translation Award for Poetry
- PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant, Raúl Zurita’s El País de Tablas
- National Endowment for the Arts Grant
- Griffin Poetry Prize shortlist, Lake Michigan
