Helene Cardona

Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

CA

Bio:

HÉLÈNE CARDONA is a poet, literary translator and actor. Her 7 books include Life in Suspension (2016), called “a vivid self-portrait as scholar, seer and muse” by John Ashbery, and Dreaming My Animal Selves (2013), described by David Mason as “liminal, mystical and other-worldly. This is a poet who writes in a rare light.” Her translations include Beyond Elsewhere (Gabriel Arnou-Laujeac, 2016), winner of a Hemingway Grant; Ce que nous portons (Dorianne Laux, 2014); Birnam Wood (José Manuel Cardona, 2018); and Walt Whitman’s Civil War Writings for WhitmanWeb (2015). She has also translated Rimbaud, Baudelaire, René Depestre, Ernest Pépin, Aloysius Bertrand, Maram Al-Masri, Eric Sarner, Jean-Claude Renard, Nicolas Grenier, John Ashbery, John FitzGerald and Christiane Singer. Her work as been translated into 16 languages. She contributes essays to The London Magazine, co-edits Plume, Fulcrum, and Levure Littéraire, holds a Masters in American Literature from the Sorbonne, worked as a translator for the Canadian Embassy in Paris, and taught at Hamilton College & LMU. She is the recipient of numerous awards including fellowships from the Goethe-Institut & Universidad Internacional de Andalucía. She also writes children stories and co-wrote with John FitzGerald the screenplay Primate, based on his novel. Acting credits include Chocolat, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Jurassic World, The Hundred-Foot Journey, Muppets Most Wanted, Serendipity, Mumford, and Happy Feet 2. Born in Paris and raised all over Europe, she has lived in Switzerland, France, England, Wales, Monaco, Germany, Spain, and the United States.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

French

German

Greek

Italian

Spanish

Born in:

Paris

France

Raised in:

all over Europe

Website:

http://helenecardona.com [2]

Prizes won:

2019 Naji Naaman Literary Prize; 2019 Julie Suk Honor; 2019 Pinnacle Book Award for Best Bilingual Poetry Book; 2017 and 2019 Best Book Awards in Poetry; 2017 International Book Award in Poetry; 2016 Pinnacle Book Award for Best Bilingual Poetry Book; 2015 USA Best Book Award in Poetry, 2014 Pinnacle Book Award for Best Bilingual Poetry Book; Three Readers' Favorite Book Awards in Poetry. 2014 Poiesis Award of Honour. Twice Finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award. Twice Finalist for the Julie Suk Award. Finalist for the Lascaux Prize in Collected Poetry. Beyond Elsewhere was awarded a Hemingway Grant by the French Ministry of Culture, the Institut Français, and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.

JUDGE: The 2017 Jacar Press Full Length Competition; The 2016 PEN Center USA Translation Award; The 2015 Writers' Digest Challenge; The 2014 Rabindranath Tagore Award. Editor’s Choice: The Enchanting Verses Literary Review, Issue XVI; W.D. Gwawdodyn Finalist; Multiple-time Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee.

Certificate of Recognition from the City of Los Angeles for contribution toward the preservation of Indigenous Culture and Humanity. National Foreign Language Honor Society Member.

FELLOWSHIPS Universidad Internacional de Andalucía (Baeza, Spain) Goethe-Institut (Bremen, Germany) Full scholarship, Hamilton College (New York)

Writers Retreats:

Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Book Fair

Identifies as:

European American

Prefers to work with:

Any