{"631267":{"#nid":"631267","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Poet Ilya Kaminsky Wins National Jewish Book Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBy Michael Pearson\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIlya Kaminsky, the Bourne Chair in Poetry at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has won the 2019 National Jewish Book Award in poetry for his book, \u003Cem\u003EDeaf Republic.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Jewish Book Council \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.jewishbookcouncil.org\/pb-daily\/2019-national-jewish-book-award-winners\u0022\u003Eannounced\u003C\/a\u003E Kaminsky had won the Berru Award for Poetry in Memory of Ruth and Bernie Weinflash on Jan. 15. Kaminsky, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.lmc.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/ilya-kaminsky\u0022\u003ESchool of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/a\u003E (LMC) and director of Poetry@Tech, will be honored at the organization\u0026rsquo;s March 17 awards dinner in New York.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I am honored to receive an award with such a distinguished history. It is humbling,\u0026rdquo; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.lmc.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/ilya-kaminsky\u0022\u003EKaminsky\u003C\/a\u003E said, adding that he had grown up reading many past recipients of the honor.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Also, in a time when anti-Semitic attacks are again, unfortunately, in the news, it is important that we respond with poetry, with culture, that we take a higher stand,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;I feel that the finalists and the recipients of this award this year are doing just that, and so it is an honor to stand on the same stage with them.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWidely acclaimed as one of the greatest poets of his generation, Kaminsky teaches Georgia Tech students poetry, helps organize the Southeast\u0026rsquo;s premier poetry reading series, and continues to dedicate efforts to the poetry community, such as a recent refugee poetry reading and workshop designed to help increase diversity among critics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EDeaf Republic\u003C\/em\u003E is also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the PEN\/Jean Stein Award, each of which will be presented in March in New York. The book also was a finalist for the National Book Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;This prestigious award is evidence for the top quality and national impact of Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s humanities disciplines,\u0026rdquo; said LMC Chair \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/utz\u0022\u003ERichard Utz\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe School is a unit of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/utz\u0022\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIlya Kaminsky, the Bourne Chair in Poetry in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, has won the 2019 National Jewish Book Award in poetry for his book, \u003Cem\u003EDeaf Republic.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Ilya Kaminsky, Bourne Chair in Poetry, has won the 2019 National Jewish Book Award in poetry for his book, \u0027Deaf Republic.\u0027"}],"uid":"34600","created_gmt":"2020-01-17 18:10:26","changed_gmt":"2020-01-17 19:04:07","author":"mpearson34","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-01-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-01-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"631266":{"id":"631266","type":"image","title":"Ilya Kaminsky","body":null,"created":"1579284359","gmt_created":"2020-01-17 18:05:59","changed":"1579284359","gmt_changed":"2020-01-17 18:05:59","alt":"","file":{"fid":"240240","name":"RS513_20C10302_P36_024-scr.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/RS513_20C10302_P36_024-scr.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/RS513_20C10302_P36_024-scr.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":203442,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/RS513_20C10302_P36_024-scr.jpg?itok=9GEaLcsA"}}},"media_ids":["631266"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-events\/features\/Georgia-Tech-Poet-Ilya-Kaminsky","title":"Ilya Kaminsky is One of the World\u0027s Top Poets, and He Teaches at Georgia Tech"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-events\/stories\/2019\/10\/georgia-tech-poet-ilya-kaminsky-named-finalist-national-book-award\/627285","title":"Georgia Tech Poet Ilya Kaminsky Named Finalist for National Book Award"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/news-events\/stories\/2019\/9\/georgia-tech-poet-ilya-kaminsky-awarded-prestigious-academy-american-poets\/625712","title":"Georgia Tech Poet Ilya Kaminsky Awarded Prestigious Academy of American Poets Fellowship"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"178368","name":"Ilya Kaminsky"},{"id":"9950","name":"Poetry@Tech"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMichael Pearson\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmichael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.2290\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["michael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}