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Jéanpaul Ferro [1]

Listed as: 
Poet, Fiction Writer
Public address: 
Scituate, RI
Rhode Island US
Email: 
jeanpaulferro@netzero.net
Bio: 

A 10-time Pushcart Prize nominee, Jéanpaul Ferro’s work has appeared on National Public Radio, Contemporary American Voices, Columbia Review, Emerson Review, Connecticut Review, Saltsburg Review, Hawaii Review, Danforth Review, Oregon Literary Review, Portland Monthly, Arts & Understanding Magazine, The Providence Journal, , and others. He is the author of All The Good Promises (Plowman Press, 1994), Becoming X (BlazeVox Books, 2008), You Know Too Much About Flying Saucers (Thumbscrew Press, 2009), Hemispheres (Maverick Duck Press, 2009) Essendo Morti – Being Dead (Goldfish Press, 2009), nominated for the 2010 Griffin Prize in Poetry; and Jazz (Honest Publishing, 2011), nominated for both the 2012 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Prize and the 2012 Griffin Prize in Poetry. He is represented by the Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency.

Gives readings: 
No
Travels for readings: 
No
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
Ernest Hemingway, H.P. Lovecraft, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz
Born in: 
Scituate, RI
Rhode Island
Raised in: 
Scituate, RI
Rhode Island
Website: 
https://www.amazon.com/J%C3%A9anpaul-Fer… [2]
Prizes won: 

Nominated for 10 Pushcart Prizes, 3 storySouth Million Writer Awards, and 2 Dzanc Book's Best of the Web awards. Additionally, Essendo Morti – Being Dead (Goldfish Press, 2009)was nominated for the 2010 Griffin Prize in Poetry. Jazz (Honest Publishing, 2011) was nominated for both the 2012 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Prize and the 2012 Griffin Prize in Poetry.

Identifies as: 
Italian American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults

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