Maryann Corbett
{{short description|American poet}}
{{infobox writer
|name=Maryann Corbett
|image=Photo of Maryann Corbett.JPG
|birth_name=Maryann Zillotti
|birth_place=Washington, D.C., U.S.
|occupation={{flatlist|
- Poet
- medievalist
- linguist
}}
|nationality=American
|alma_mater=College of William & Mary
|awards=Willis Barnstone Translation Prize (2009)
Richard Wilbur Award (2014)
}}
Maryann Corbett (née Zillotti, Washington, D.C.) is an American poet, medievalist, and linguist.{{cite web |url=http://www.maryanncorbett.com/bio |website=maryanncorbett.com |title=Biography |accessdate=November 19, 2017 }}
She grew up in northern Virginia. She did her undergraduate work at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia,{{cite web|url=http://maryanncorbett.com/vita-journals |title=maryanncorbett.com |date= |accessdate=2013-01-15}} and graduated with a doctorate in English from the University of Minnesota.{{cite web|url=http://www.shattercolors.com/poetry/corbett_security.htm |title=Security by Maryann Corbett |publisher=ShatterColors Literary Review |date= |accessdate=2010-05-02}}
Her work has appeared in Southwest Review, Barrow Street, Rattle, River Styx, Atlanta Review, The Evansville Review, Measure, Literary Imagination, The Dark Horse, Italian Americana, Mezzo Cammin, Linebreak, Subtropics, Verse Daily, American Life in Poetry, The Poetry Foundation, The Writer's Almanac, and many other venues in print and online, as well as an assortment of anthologies, including The Best American Poetry 2018.{{cite book |last1=Lehman |first1=David |author-link1=David Lehman| last2=Gioia|first2=Dana |author-link2=Dana Gioia |title=Best American Poetry 2018 |date=18 September 2018 |url=http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Best-American-Poetry-2018/David-Lehman/The-Best-American-Poetry-series/9781501127793 |publisher=Scribner| isbn=9781501127793}} She has been a several-time Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee; a finalist for the 2009 Morton Marr Prize, the 2010 Best of the Net anthology, and the 2011 and 2016 Able Muse Book Prize; and a winner of the Lyric Memorial Award, the Willis Barnstone Translation Prize, and the Richard Wilbur Award. Her third book, Mid Evil, is the Wilbur Award winner and has been published by the University of Evansville Press.{{cite web|url=http://www.thehypertexts.com/Maryann%20Corbett%20Poet%20Poetry%20Picture%20Bio.htm |title=Maryann Corbett |publisher=The HyperTexts |date= |accessdate=2014-01-12}}
She has worked as a writing teacher and master indexer{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/push-for-gender-neutral-language-continues/208184251/|title=Push for gender-neutral language continues|last=Ward|first=Bill|date=2013-05-21|website=Minnesota Star-Tribune|access-date=2019-12-10}} for the Minnesota Legislature, where she has served in the state Office of the Revisor of Statutes for 35 years.{{cite web|url=http://www.shitcreekreview.com/issue4/ii/Prose/MaryannCorbett.htm |title=Maryann Corbett : Blank Verse and Blinders |publisher=The Shit Creek Review |date=2007-08-01 |accessdate=2010-05-02}}
She lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota.{{cite web|url=http://www.pw.org/content/maryann_corbett |title=Directory of Writers | Maryann Corbett |publisher=Poets & Writers |date=2009-07-22 |accessdate=2010-05-02}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ablemuse.com/v8/bio/maryann-corbett |title=Maryann Corbett | bio |publisher=Able Muse |date= |accessdate=2010-05-02}}
Awards
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Sponsor / Prize ! Result |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;" | 2016
| style="text-align:center;" | Able Muse Book Prize | {{CFinalist}} |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2014
| style="text-align:center;" | Richard Wilbur Award{{cite web|url=http://maryanncorbett.com/bio |title=Biography|website=maryanncorbett.com |date= |accessdate=November 18, 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://lightpoetrymagazine.com/revamp/news-events/ |website=Light |title=Light Verse News |date=18 June 2013 |accessdate=November 18, 2018}} | {{won}} |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2011
| style="text-align:center;" | Able Muse Book Prize | {{CFinalist}} |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2011
| style="text-align:center;" | Best of the Net | {{CFinalist}} |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2009
| style="text-align:center;" | Morton Marr Prize | {{CFinalist}} |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2009
| style="text-align:center;" | Willis Barnstone Translation Prize{{cite web|editor=Joyce Wilson |url=http://www.poetryporch.com/contribal.html |title=Poetry Porch : Poets |publisher=Poetry Porch |date= |accessdate=2010-05-02}} | {{won}} |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2008
| style="text-align:center;" | Lyric Memorial Award | {{won}} |
Works
=Sample poems=
- [https://isi.org/modern-age/buying-a-plot-in-plague-time/ "Buying a Plot in Plague Time"], Modern Age, Winter 2021
- [http://www.32poems.com/poems/maryann-corbett/ "Concourse"], 32 Poems, Fall/Winter 2016
- [https://www.rattle.com/prayer-concerning-the-new-more-accurate-translation-of-certain-prayers-by-maryann-corbett/ "Prayer Concerning the New, More 'Accurate' Translation of Certain Prayers"], Rattle, April 26, 2017; The Best American Poetry 2018
- [http://www.rattle.com/poetry/apophatic-by-maryann-corbett/ "Apophatic"], Rattle, January 16, 2015
- [https://www.ablemuse.com/erato/archives/umbrellajournal/fall2008/poetry/MaryannCorbett.html "Before"; "Variorum"], Umbrella Journal, 2008
- [http://www.strongverse.org/cgi-bin/poiesis.pl?search=Corbett&header=poet&category=poem&method=perfect&order_by=number&order=cba&template=poem "Hand"], Strong Verse, 10/30/2008
- [http://www.poetryporch.com/corbett09.html "Sacred Harp Convention"], Poetry Porch
- [http://www.barefootmuse.com/archives/issue4/corbett.htm "A Meditation on Dactylic Hexameter"], The Barefoot Muse
=Collections=
- [https://www.cuapress.org/9781736656167/the-o-in-the-air/]The O in the Air, Franciscan University Press (July 7, 2023) {{ISBN|9781736656167}}
- [https://www.ablemusepress.com/books/maryann-corbett-in-code-poems]In Code, Able Muse Press (November 27, 2020), {{ISBN|9781773490533}}
- [https://www.ablemusepress.com/books/maryann-corbett-street-view-poems]Street View, Able Muse Press (September 11, 2017), {{ISBN |978-1927409909}}
- Mid Evil, University of Evansville Press; (January, 2015), {{ISBN|978-0930982744}}
- [http://www.ablemusepress.com/maryann-corbett-credo-for-the-checkout-line-in-winter-poems]Credo for the Checkout Line in Winter, Able Muse Press; (September, 2013), {{ISBN|978-1-927409-14-5}}
- [http://www.davidrobertbooks.com/maryann-corbett.html]Breath Control, David Robert Books; (February 1, 2012), {{ISBN|9781936370627}}
- Dissonance, Scienter Press; (December 1, 2009), {{ISBN|978-0-9776960-8-6}}
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=qmzfIDIjZyMC&q=Maryann+Corbett Gardening in a Time of War] (Pudding House, 2007). {{ISBN|978-1-58998-611-4}}
=Essays=
- [https://www.literarymatters.org/14-2-the-monsters-and-the-translators-grappling-with-beowulf-in-the-third-millenium/ "The Monsters and the Translators: Grappling with Beowulf in the Third Millenium."] Literary Matters, Issue 14.2
- [https://www.literarymatters.org/16-1-capital-improvements/ "Capital Improvements: The Initial Caps Wars."] Literary Matters, Issue 16.1
- [https://www.mezzocammin.com/timeline/timeline.php?vol=timeline&iss=1000&cat=90&page=bingen"Hildegard of Bingen: Singer of the Secrets of God."] The Mezzo Cammin Women Poets Timeline.
=Reviews=
- [https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/putting-things-back-together-on-alexis-sears-out-of-order/ "Putting Things Back Together: On Alexis Sears's Out of Order"] Los Angeles Review of Books, March 31, 2022
- [https://hopkinsreview.com/features/on-joyful-perseverance/ "On Joyful Perseverance in Three Midcareer Poets: New Books by Brian Brodeur, Ernest Hilbert, and Amy Glynn"] The Hopkins Review, September 25, 2023
References
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External links
- {{cite web |website=The Nervous Breakdown |title=Maryann Corbett: The TNB Self-Interview |date=June 15, 2011 |accessdate=November 19, 2017 |url=http://thenervousbreakdown.com/mcorbett/2011/06/maryann-corbett-the-tnb-self-interview/}}
- {{cite web |website=Poetry Foundation |title=Maryann Corbett |accessdate=November 20, 2017
|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/maryann-corbett/}}
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Category:American poets of Italian descent
Category:American writers of Italian descent
Category:College of William & Mary alumni
Category:Employees of the Minnesota Legislature
Category:Poets from Washington, D.C.
Category:University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts alumni