Lia Purpura
- January 10, 2024
- Poet
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Lia Purpura |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Date Of Birth | Feb 22, 1964(1964-02-22) |
| Age | 60 |
| Birthplace | Mineola |
| Country | United States |
| Birth City | New York |
| Horoscope | Aquarius |
Lia Purpura Biography
| Name | Lia Purpura |
| Birthday | Feb 22 |
| Birth Year | 1964 |
| Place Of Birth | Mineola |
| Home Town | New York |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
Lia Purpura is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on February 22, 1964 in Mineola, New York, United States. American poet, writer, and educator Lia Purpura was born February 22, 1964 in Mineola (New York). Four collections of poetry, King Baby, Stone Sky lifting, The Brighter the Veil and It Shouldn’t Have Been Beautiful, are her works. She also has four essays collections (Increase and On Looking, Rough Likeness and All the Fierce Teethers), and one translation collection (Poems of Grzegorzmusial: Berliner Tagebuch, Taste of Ash). Her essays and poems appear in AGNI. DoubleTake. FIELD. FIELD. Orion Magazine. Orion Magazine. Orion Magazine. Orion Magazine. Orion Magazine. Orion Magazine. Orion Magazine. Orion Magazine. The New Republic. The New Yorker. The Paris Review. Parnassus. Poetry in Review. Ploughshares. Southern Review, as well as many other magazines.
On Looking (essays Sarabande Books 2006, 2006) was a finalist in the National Book Critics Circle Award. It also won the Towson University Prize in Literature.
Her recent essays “On Coming Back as a Buzzard”, “Glaciology” and “The Lustres” were awarded Pushcart Prizes in 2011, 2009 and 2007, and other essays were named “Notable Essays” in Best American Essays, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2009.
In 2012, Lia Purpura was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Increase (essays University of Georgia Press 2000) was awarded the Associated Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction.
Lia Purpura Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Poet |
| House | Living in own house. |
Lia Purpura is one of the richest Poet from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lia Purpura 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
The Towson University Prize for Literature was awarded to The Brighter the Veil (poems and Orchises Press, 1996).
Stone Sky Lifting (poems – Ohio State University Press 2000) was awarded the OSU Press/The Journal Award.
King Baby (poems, Alice James Books, 2008) won the Beatrice Hawley Award and was a finalist for the Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Award and the Maine Literary Award.
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Lia Ranked on the list of most popular Poet. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Lia Purpura celebrates birthday on February 22 of every year.
Top Facts about Lia Purpura
- Lia Purpura is an American poet, writer, and educator.
- She was born in 1964.
- Purpura has published several award-winning books of poetry and essays.
- Her work often explores themes of nature, mortality, and the human experience.
- Purpura has received numerous honors for her writing, including a Guggenheim Fellowship.
- She teaches at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
- Purpura’s book “On Looking” was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
- She has also been awarded fellowships from the NEA and Fulbright Foundation.
- Purpura’s writing has appeared in many prestigious publications such as The New Yorker and The Paris Review.
- She holds an MFA from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop.