Claire Donato

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Claire Donato
Born
Claire Elisabeth Donato

(1986-09-12) September 12, 1986 (age 37)
Wilmington, DE
Alma mater
Notable workBurial (2013), The Second Body (2016), The One on Earth: Selected Works of Mark Baumer (2021), Kind Mirrors, Ugly Ghosts (2023).

Claire Elisabeth Donato (born September 12, 1986, in Wilmington, DE) is an American writer and multidisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Donato grew up in and around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 2010, she received her MFA in Literary Arts from Brown University, [3] where she studied with C.D. Wright and Keith Waldrop. Prior to attending Brown, she received a BA in English Writing from the University of Pittsburgh, where she studied with Ross Gay.

Her first language was French. [4] [2] [5]

Career

In addition to her writing, Donato is the creator of various feminist digital artworks and performance interventions, and is also an illustrator, photographer, singer-songwriter, and practitioner of Zen meditation. [6] [7] [1] [8] She has collaborated with artists including Anna Moschovakis, Told Slant, David Jhave Johnston, Anastasios Karnazes, and Mark Baumer. [1] [9] She is currently the Assistant Chairperson of Writing at Pratt Institute, where she virtually addressed the Class of 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic alongside Neil Gaiman. [2] [10]

Works

Donato's works include publications in Forever,Parapraxis,GoldFlakePaint, The Chicago Review,The Brooklyn Rail,Oversound,VICE,DIAGRAM, The Believer,BOMB, and Harp & Altar. [11] Her books are:

Her collaboration with Jeff T. Johnson on SPECIAL AMERICA was an ongoing performance that ended in 2016. [20] This work started within the electronic literature community as a performance and was translated as a movie. [21] She collaborated on netprovs such as All Time High. [22] Her video-based work, Material Studies has been shown at the New York Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) PS1, Knockdown Center, Harvard University, and University Fernando Pessoa. [23]

Awards

John Hawkes Prize in Fiction for Burial [5] judged by Robert Coover. [2]

2020 Distinguished Teacher Award at Pratt Institute [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Practice: A Visit to Writing Professor Claire Donato's Creative Sanctuary (Published 2020)". Prattfolio. 2020-10-08. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Claire Donato | Bio". www.somanytumbleweeds.com. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  3. ↑ "Celebrating Women in E-Lit". Electronic Literature Lab. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  4. ↑ "Poet of the Week: Claire Donato". Brooklyn Poets. 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  5. 1 2 "Claire Donato". Healthy Artists. 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  6. ↑ "Claire Donato | ELMCIP". elmcip.net. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  7. ↑ "Music: Claire Donato". www.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  8. ↑ "Virtual Book Launch for The One on Earth: Works by Mark Baumer featuring Ottessa Moshfegh, Jonathan Lethem, Blake Butler, Shane Jones and Claire Donato". www.powerhousearena.com. 4 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  9. ↑ "Mark Baumer & Claire Donato: Siblings Not Siblings". www.tarpaulinsky.com. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  10. ↑ "Claire Donato: Distinguished Teacher 2020-2021". www.prattsenate.org. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  11. 1 2 3 "Claire Donato". Chicago Review. 2021-10-27. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  12. 1 2 "The One on Earth: Selected Works of Mark Baumer". Fence Books. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  13. ↑ "Claire Donato • Tarpaulin Sky Press". Tarpaulin Sky Press. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  14. ↑ "Review: Burial". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  15. ↑ Jakubowski, Matthew (July 2, 2013). "REVIEW: "Burial," by Claire Donato". Star Tribune. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  16. ↑ Cain, Amina (December 12, 2013). ""Something Has Brought Me Here"". The Paris Review. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  17. ↑ "Some Thoughts About Claire Donato's Burial". BIG OTHER. 2013-07-14. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  18. ↑ "Review: The Second Body". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  19. ↑ "Claire Donato - Kind Mirrors, Ugly Ghosts". Printed Matter. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  20. ↑ "Claire Donato, Author at The Rumpus". The Rumpus. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  21. ↑ "Special America (Claire Donato and Jeff T. Johnson) | ELMCIP". elmcip.net. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  22. ↑ Wittig, Claire Donato Rob (2023-02-05). "Claire Donato Netprov Interview, Dec 2022 › electronic book review". Electronic Book Review. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  23. ↑ Darling, Kristina Marie (2019-03-14). "For Years, I Wrote in Code to Protect Others from My Thinking by Claire Donato". Tupelo Quarterly. Retrieved 2024-02-25.


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