Helene Pilibosian

Poet

Watertown, MA
Massachusetts US

Author's Bio

My work has appeared in such magazines as The Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, Louisiana Literature, The Hollins Critic, North American Review, Seattle Review, Ellipsis and Weber: The Contemporary West. The latest anthology to include my poems is Forgotten Bread from Heyday Books, which takes its image from one of them. I have published the books Carvings from an Heirloom: Oral History Poems, At Quarter Past Reality: New and Selected Poems, History’s Twists: The Armenians and A New Orchid Myth. My early work has been cited in the Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature. I hold a degree in humanities from Harvard University.
Formerly I was an editor at an Armenian-American newspaper in which capacity I wrote editorials, articles, news reports and book reviews. Now I am head of Ohan Press, a private bilingual micropress which has published ten internationally recognized books of both prose and poetry including my book My Literary Profile: A Memoir.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Forgotten Bread: First Generation Armenian American Writers (Heyday Books, 2007)
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Anthology of Magazine Verse & Yearbook of American Poetry (Monitor Book Company, 1981)
Books:
History's Twists: The Armenians (Ohan Press, 2008)
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At Quarter Past Reality (Ohan Press, 1998)
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Carvings from an Heirloom (Ohan Press, 1983)
Journals: ,
Half Tones to Jubilee
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New Mexico Humanities Review
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Prizes won: 

First Prize in Poetry - Writer's Digest
Honorable Mention in Poetry - Writer's Digest
Armenian Allied Arts Association, first prize, 1974
Pteranodon Award (NFSPS), 1980
Wind Literary Journal Award (NFSPS), 1982
The Madison Review finalist 1986
Half Tones to Jubilee finalist 1990
The Sandhills Review finalist
NEW LETTERS finalist 1998
First Prize, Writer's Digest
Honorable Mention - Writer's Digest
Honorable Mention - New England Book Festival

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
No
Identifies as: 
Armenian American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Boston
Raised in: 
Watertown, MA
Massachusetts
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Last update: Jun 23, 2014