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Peter Balakian

Peter Balakian was an American poet, writer, university teacher and historian (born 1951). He was born at Teaneck.

Peter Balakian in brief

Born
1951
Known for
poet, writer, university teacher and historian
Place of birth
Teaneck
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Catalogued works

19 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. Their recorded dates run from 1979 to 2001.

The Burning Tigris. Ozone Journal. Arrowsmith. Art out of atrocity. Black dog of fate, dated 1997. Ziggurat. Invisible estate. Luysi tkhur ōrerě. Burning Tigris. Declaring generations, dated 1982. Die Hunde vom Ararat. Eine armenische Kindheit in Amerika, dated 2000. Dyer's Thistle, dated 1996. The oriental rug, dated 1986. Reply from Wilderness Island, dated 1988. Theodore Roethke's far fields, dated 1989. Yad Vashem, dated 1996. Father Fisheye, dated 1979. Sad days of light, dated 1983. June-tree, dated 2001.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Balakian, Peter: Ozone Journal, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Balakian, Peter, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. No Sign by Peter Balakian, World Literature Today, 2022. <i>Armenian Golgotha: A Memoir of the Armenian Genocide, 1915–1918 –</i>. By Grigoris Balakian. Translated with an introduction by Peter Balakian with Aris Sevag. (New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. Pp. xli, 509. $35.00.), The Historian, 2010. 6. A Foundation of Facts and Fiction: The Poet and Writer Peter Balakian (Hamilton, NY), Portraits of Hope, 2022.

Digitised editions and texts

2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Graham House Review (1993) — Internet Archive. Black dog of fate (1998) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 15 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Peter Balakian studied at Brown University, New York University and Bucknell University. the recorded working language is English.

Employment is recorded with Colgate University. Membership is recorded of National Academy of Sciences of Armenia.

Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship and Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

Chronology

  1. 1951Peter Balakian born at Teaneck.
  2. 1993Graham House Review digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1997Black dog of fate.
  4. 1998Black dog of fate digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    <i>Armenian Golgotha: A Memoir of the Armenian Genocide, 1915–1918 –</i>. By Grigoris Balakian. Translated with an introduction by Peter Balakian with Aris Sevag. (New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. Pp. xli, 509. $35.00.), The Historian, 2010

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    6. A Foundation of Facts and Fiction: The Poet and Writer Peter Balakian (Hamilton, NY), Portraits of Hope, 2022

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Balakian, Peter, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    No Sign by Peter Balakian, World Literature Today, 2022

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Open Library author record for Peter Balakian (Internet Archive), 22 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  6. 6.

    Internet Archive, 2 digitised items catalogued under Peter Balakian as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  7. 7.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1382375: Peter Balakian

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  8. 8.

    “Peter Balakian”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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