David Shapiro (poet)
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| Born: | 1947 |
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| Occupation: | Poet |
| Nationality: | American |
David Shapiro (b. 1947) is an American poet, literary critic, and art historian.
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[edit] Life
Shapiro has written some twenty volumes of poetry, literary, and art criticism. He was first published at the age of thirteen, and his first book was published at the age of eighteen.
Shapiro attended Columbia University, from which he holds a B.A. and a Ph.D, as well as the University of Cambridge, from which he holds degrees with honors.
He achieved brief notoreity during the 1968 student uprising at Columbia, when he was photographed sitting behind the desk of President Grayson L. Kirk wearing dark glasses and smoking a cigar. It is widely misconceived that the figure was actually Columbia SDS leader Mark Rudd.
He has taught at Columbia, Bard College, Cooper Union, Princeton University, and William Paterson University.
His was the first monograph on John Ashbery, the first book on Jim Dine’s paintings, the first book on Piet Mondrian’s flower studies, and the first book on Jasper Johns’ drawings. He has translated Rafael Alberti’s poems on Pablo Picasso, and the writings of the Sonia and Robert Delaunay.
Shapiro has won National Endowment for the Humanities and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, been nominated for a National Book Award, and been the recipient of numerous grants for his work.
He lives in Riverdale, The Bronx, New York City, with his wife and son.
[edit] Education
- Columbia College, 1968 – BA, cum laude
- Clare College, Cambridge University, 1968–1974 – BA–MA, First Honors
- Columbia University, 1973 – PhD, With Distinction
[edit] Works
- January: A Book of Poems – Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965
- Poems From Deal – E P Dutton, 1969
- An Anthology of New York Poets, (co-editor) – Random House, 1970
- A Man Holding an Acoustic Panel – E P Dutton, 1971 (National Book Award Nominee)
- The Page Turner – Liveright, 1973
- Lateness: A Book of Poems – Overlook/Viking, 1977
- Introduction to John Ashbery’s Poetry – Columbia University Press, 1979
- The Writings of Sonia and Robert Delaunay, (co-Translator) – Viking, 1979
- Jim Dine – Abrams, 1981; Alecta Press (German Edition and Translation)
- Lateness, (Watercolors by Lucio Pozzi) – Generations Press, Paris, 1981
- To An Idea – Overlook/Viking, 1984
- Jasper Johns – Abrams, 1984
- House (Blown Apart): A Book of Poems – Overlook/Viking, 1988
- Mondrian: Flowers – Abrams, 1991
- The Selected Poems of Jacques Dupin, (co-Translator) – Wake Forest, 1992
- The Eight Names of Picasso, (co-Translator) – Gas Station Editions, 1992
- After A Lost Original, (Etching by Terry Winters) – Solo Press, 1992
- The Green Lake is Awake: The Selected Poems of Joseph Ceravolo, (Co-Editor) – CoffeeHouse Press, 1994
- After A Lost Original – Overlook Press, 1994
- Body of Prayer, (Shapiro, Govrin, Derrida) – Cooper Union Press, 1998
- A Burning Interior – Overlook Press, 2002
[edit] Fellowships, Honors, Awards, Grants
Gotham Book Mart Avant-Garde Poetry Award – 1962 Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Robert Frost Fellow – 1965 Merrill Foundation, Grant – 1967 Book of the Month Club Writing Award – 1968 Clare College, Cambridge University – Kellett Fellowship, Awarded by Columbia College – 1968–1970 Woodrow Wilson Fellowship – 1970 Clare College, Cambridge University – First Honors, Book Prize, Scholar – 1970 Columbia University, NDEA Grant – 1970–1971 National Book Award, Nominated – 1971 Creative Artists Public Service Grant – 1973 Council for the Humanities, Grants – 1973, 1976, 1978 Columbia University, Chamberlain Fellowship – 1976 American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Zabel Prize – 1977 National Endowment for the Humanities, Fellowship – 1979–1980 National Endowment for the Arts, Creative Writing – 1980 Princeton University, Faculty Fellow – 1985–1986 National Endowment for the Humanities, Fellow, USCS at Santa Cruz – 1987 Asia Society Colophon Award – 1998 Graham Foundation Grant – 1990 The America Awards for Literature, Belles Lettres – The Green Lake is Awake: Selected Poems of Joseph Ceravolo (Co-Editor) – 1994 Fund for Poetry – 1995
[edit] Teaching positions
Columbia University – Instructor, Columbia College and School of General Studies, 1972 Columbia University – Assistant Professor, Department of English, 1973-1981 Brooklyn College – Visiting Professor, Department of English, Creative Writing, 1979 Princeton University – Visiting Professor, Visual Arts, 1982–1983 Columbia University – Visiting Professor, Department of Art, 1987 Columbia University – Visiting Professor, Department of English, 1988, 1994 William Paterson College – Associate Professor, Art History, 1981–1985 William Paterson College – Associate Professor, Art History,Tenured. 1985–1991 Cooper Union School of Architecture – Visiting Lecturer, Adjunct Faculty, 1980 – William Paterson College – Full Professor, Art History, Tenured, 1991– Bard College, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts – Faculty, Summer 1995-1996
