Deborah Diemont

Poet

Syracuse, NY

New York US

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Author's Bio

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Deborah Diemont grew up in Baltimore, Maryland and Fort Worth, Texas. Her poems and translations have appeared in a variety of journals including CAIRN, Literary Bohemian, Literary Mama, Measure, New Walk, The Nervous Breakdown, Nimrod International Journal, Oleander Review, The Raintown Review and Stone Canoe. She maintains a vital connection to Chiapas, Mexico, where she lives and works part of the year.

Education:

Ohio State University MFA

Publications & Prizes

Books:

The Charmed House (Dos Madres Press, 2020)

Diverting Angels (Dos Madres Press, 2012)

Wanderer (Dos Madres Press, 2009)

Journals:

New American Writing

The Texas Review

Yale Review

Prizes won:

University of Texas Fiction Award; North Carolina Writers Network Creative Nonfiction Prize; Howard Moss Poetry Prize; Gulf Coast Creative Writing Teachers Award for Poetry; Tinker Foundation Travel Grant (Mexico); U.S. Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (Mexico); Wil Mills Fellowship

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English, Spanish

Born in:

Cleveland, OH

Ohio

Raised in:

Fort Worth, TX

Texas

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Last update: Aug 21, 2021