Peter Balakian

Peter Balakian
Peter Balakian in 2011
Born	(1951-06-13) June 13, 1951 (age 72) Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	Poet, nonfiction writer
Education	Bucknell University (BA) New York University (MA) Brown University (PhD)
Genre	poetry, memoir, essay, literary criticism
Notable awards	Pulitzer Prize for Poetry PEN/Albrand Award for Memoir Raphael Lemkin Prize Spendlove Prize for Social Justice Presidential Medal, Republic of Armenia
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Peter Balakian (born June 13, 1951) is an Armenian-American poet, prose writer, and scholar. He is the author of many books including the 2016 Pulitzer prize winning book of poems Ozone Journal,^[1] the memoir Black Dog of Fate, winner of the PEN/Albrand award in 1998^[2] and The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response, winner of the 2005 Raphael Lemkin Prize^[3] and a New York Times best seller (October 2003). Both prose books were New York Times Notable Books. Since 1980 he has taught at Colgate University where he is the Donald M and Constance H Rebar Professor of the Humanities in the department of English and Director of Creative Writing.^[4]