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Ellery Akers (born 1946) is an award-winning American writer and artist living on the Northern California Coast. She is the author of two poetry collections, Practicing the Truth and Knocking on the Earth, as well as a children’s novel, Sarah’s Waterfall: A Healing Story About Sexual Abuse. She received a B.A. from Harvard University and an M.A. from San Francisco State University. Akers has won thirteen national writing awards, including the 2014 Autumn House Poetry Prize, the John Masefield Award, the Poetry International Prize, and Sierra magazine’s Nature Writing Award. Her poetry has been featured on National Public Radio and American Life in Poetry and has appeared in such journals as The American Poetry Review, New York Times Magazine and The Sun. She has taught writing at Cabrillo College and at conferences and currently teaches private poetry workshops. Among her honors are fellowships from The MacDowell Colony, Ucross Foundation, and Headlands Center for the Arts. == Awards == *2015 Independent Publisher Book Award, Silver Medal in Poetry *2015 San Francisco Book Festival Poetry Award * 2014 Autumn House Poetry Prize * 2011 Poetry International Prize * 2010 Mom’s Choice (Gold) Award * 2010 NAPPA Award * 2009 Skipping Stones Magazine Award * 1996 Paumanok Poetry Award * 1992 Marin Arts Council Grant for Poetry * 1990 Sierra Magazine Nature Writing Award * 1985 Gordon Barber Award, Poetry Society of America * 1984 & 1980 John Masefield Award, Poetry Society of America * 1974 Academy of American Poets Award 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「Ellery Akers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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