Mark Jarman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Poet, critic
Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1952
Place of Birth: Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States
Profession: poet
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Mark Jarman
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- Jarman (born 1952 in Mount Sterling, Kentucky) is an American poet and critic often identified with the New Narrative branch of the New Formalism; he was co-editor with Robert McDowell of The Reaper throughout the 1980s.
- Centennial Professor of English at Vanderbilt University, he is the author of eleven books of poetry, three books of essays, and a book of essays co-authored with Robert McDowell.
- He co-edited the anthology Rebel Angels: 25 Poets of the New Formalism with David Mason. Jarman's awards for poetry include a Joseph Henry Jackson Award, three grants from the NEA, and a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
- His book The Black Riviera won the 1991 Poets' Prize.
- Questions for Ecclesiastes was a finalist for the 1997 National Book Critics Circle Award in poetry and won the 1998 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize from the Academy of American Poets and The Nation magazine.
- Bone Fires: New and Selected Poems won the 2013 Balcones Prize.
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