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Finney, Nikky
Professor
Finney's work has won a number of prizes and awards, most notably the National Book Award for Poetry in 2011 for "Head Off and Split." However, two of her other collections won prestigious awards: "The World is Round" was winner of the 2004 Benjamin Franklin Award for poetry and "Rice" won a PEN America Open Book Award in 1995.
Biographical Profile
- College
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Department
- English
- Tenure Status
- Tenured
Interest Background
- Do you include students in your research?
- None
- Interest Keywords
- English
- Institutional Focus Areas
- Arts and Humanities
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
| Dates | Type | Description | Foundation/Entity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Award | National Book Award for Poetry for "Head Off and Split" | National Book Foundation |
| 2023 | Award | National Academy of Arts and Sciences | National Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| 2017 | Fellowship | John H. Bennett Jr. Endowed Professor of Creative Writing and Southern Letters Letters in the College of Arts and Sciences, an Art of Change fellow | Ford Foundation |
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