Matthew Dickman

Quick Facts

Full Name	Matthew Dickman
Occupation	Poet
Date Of Birth	Aug 20, 1975(1975-08-20)
Age	49
Birthplace	Portland
Country	United States
Birth City	Oregon
Horoscope	Leo

Matthew Dickman Biography

Matthew Dickman is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on August 20, 1975 in Portland, Oregon, United States. American poet, best known for his All-American Poems, Black Ice, On Earth and other collections. He was also a teacher and an editor and was associated with Tin House Magazine and Vermont College of the Arts.

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Matthew Dickman (born August 20, 1975) is an American poet. He and his identical twin brother, Michael Dickman, also a poet, were born in Portland, Oregon.

Matthew Dickman has received fellowships from The Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin, The Vermont Studio Center, and The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. He is the author of three chapbooks, Amigos , Something about a Black Scarf and Wish You Were Here, and three full-length poetry collections. His first book, All-American Poem, was winner of the 2008 American Poetry Review/Honickman First Book Prize in Poetry, published by American Poetry Review and distributed by Copper Canyon Press. He was also the winner of the 2009 Kate Tufts Discovery Award for that book, and the inaugural May Sarton Award from the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. His second full collection of poetry, Mayakovsky’s Revolver, was published by W. W. Norton and Company in 2012. He is also the coauthor with his brother, of the 2012 poetry collection 50 American Plays, also published by Copper Canyon Press, and the 2016 Brother, a collection of poems on their half-brother’s suicide. His third collection,Wonderland, was published in 2018 by Norton.

His twin brother Michael Dickman and he co-authored the 2012 book 50 American Plays.

Matthew Dickman Net Worth

Matthew Dickman is one of the richest Poet from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Matthew Dickman 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He graduated from the University of Oregon. In 2007, he published Amigos, his first poetic work.

He was awarded the 2009 Kate Tufts Discovery Award.

The Dickman twins (Matthew is the younger and slightly taller) were raised in the Lents neighborhood of Portland, which declined into a dangerous neighborhood after a highway was built through it in 1975. Their mother, Wendy Dickman, raised them alone; her stepfather was the father of poet Sharon Olds. They have a younger half-sister and an older half-brother and half-sister through their father, Allen Hull. After starting at the elementary school across the street, the boys attended private schools. Matthew Dickman went to Portland Community College and then graduated with a B.A. from the University of Oregon in 2001; the brothers then studied creative writing together at the University of Texas, Austin. The twins had a brief stint as actors, featuring in the 2002 Steven Spielberg film Minority Report as the precognitive twins. After graduate school Michael Dickman lived in Hudson, New York, but by 2009 both had returned to Portland, where he worked at Whole Foods; both brothers supported themselves with food-service jobs since a joint apprenticeship to a butcher at age thirteen.

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Matthew Ranked on the list of most popular Poet. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Matthew Dickman celebrates birthday on August 20 of every year.

Top Facts about Matthew Dickman

1. Matthew Dickman is an American poet born in 1975.
2. He has published four poetry collections, including “All-American Poem.”
3. Dickman co-founded the literary magazine Tin House.
4. He has won numerous awards, including the May Sarton Award and the Kate Tufts Discovery Award.
5. His work often explores themes of family, sexuality, and addiction.
6. Dickman teaches creative writing at Princeton University.
7. He has been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
8. His poems have appeared in The New Yorker and The Paris Review.
9. Dickman’s brother Michael was also a poet who died from a drug overdose in 2018.
10. He currently lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and children.