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Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born in 1974 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Asian American poet, best known for her jovial and accessible reading style and lush descriptions of exotic foods and landscapes. Nezhukumatathil draws upon her Filipina and Malayali Indian background to give a unique perspective on love and loss, and the land. ==Biography== Nezhukumatathil received her B.A. and M.F.A. from Ohio State University. She is an associate professor of English at the State University of New York - Fredonia.〔(SUNY - Fredonia > English Department Faculty > Aimee Nezhukumatathil Bio )〕 She has also taught at the Kundiman retreat for Asian-American writers.〔(Tupelo Press > Author Page > Nezhukumatathil )〕 She is author of three poetry collections. Her first collection, ''Miracle Fruit'', won the 2003 Tupelo Press Prize and the Global Filipino Literary Award in Poetry, was named the ''ForeWord Magazine'' Book of the Year in Poetry, and was a finalist for the Asian American Literary Award and the Glasgow Prize. Her second, ''At the Drive-In Volcano'', won the 2007 Balcones Poetry Prize. Her most recent collection is ''Lucky Fish'' (2011), which won the 2011 Eric Hoffer Award for Books grand prize. Among Nezhukumatathil's awards are a 2009 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship in poetry,〔(National Endowment for the Arts > 2009 Grant Awards > Literature Fellowships - Poetry )〕 and a 2009 Pushcart Prize for the poem "Love in the Orangery." Her poems and essays have appeared in ''New Voices: Contemporary Poetry from the United States'',〔 〕 ''American Poetry Review, FIELD, Prairie Schooner, Black Warrior Review, Mid-American Review,'' and ''Tin House.''〔(Tupelo Press > Author Page > Nezhukumatathil )〕 She is married to fellow SUNY-Fredonia professor Dustin Parsons. They live in upstate New York with their two sons. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aimee Nezhukumatathil」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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