Poetry — Ishion Hutchinson (Whiting Award 2013)Ishion Hutchinson

Poetry — Ishion Hutchinson (Whiting Award 2013)

Whiting Award · 2013 · Winner

Whiting FoundationApril 1, 2013Poetry

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Whiting Award	2013	Winner	“Poetry — Ishion Hutchinson”

About This Book

Ishion Hutchinson is recognized for his poetry — particularly his debut collection Far District, which meditates on his Jamaican childhood and exile in a tradition stretching from Walcott to early English poetry. This record is a writer-level placeholder for his Whiting Award.

About the Author

Ishion HutchinsonJamaican

Ishion Hutchinson (born 1983) is a Jamaican poet and essayist acclaimed for poetry collections including Far District (2010), House of Lords and Commons (2016, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award), and School of Instructions (2023, Griffin Poetry Prize finalist). His honors include the Whiting Award (2013), Windham-Campbell Prize (2019), Guggenheim Fellowship, PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award, and American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. Poets.org