Eileen Myles

American poet · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1949 · age 76

Eileen Myles is an American poet and writer who has produced more than twenty volumes of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, libretti, plays, and performance pieces over the last three decades. Novelist Dennis Cooper has described Myles as "one of the savviest and most restless intellects in contemporary literature."

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2012Guggenheim FellowshipAward2011Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian FictionAward2010Shelley Memorial AwardAward1949Born9 December 1949

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Guggenheim Fellowship2012

Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction2011

Shelley Memorial Award2010

Lambda Literary Award

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The Boston Globe described them as "that rare creature, a rock star of poetry." They won the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction in 2011 for their Inferno In 2012, Myles received a Guggenheim Fellowship to complete Afterglow, which gives both a real and fantastic account of a dog's life. Myles has been called "a cult figure to a generation of post-punk female writer-performers" and uses they/them pronouns.

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United States