Leopoldine Core

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Leopoldine Core
Born1984or1985(age 39–40)
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Occupation
  • Poet
  • short story writer
Alma mater Hunter College
Notable awards Whiting Award in Fiction (2015)

Leopoldine Core (born 1984/1985) [1] is an American poet and short story writer. She has published a poetry collection, Veronica Bench (2015), and a short story collection, When Watched (2016). She is a winner of the Whiting Award in Fiction, as well as a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Fiction and the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel.

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Biography

Core was born in the East Village, Manhattan, [2] and raised in a railroad apartment nearby Tompkins Square Park. [1] She graduated from Hunter College, and she planned to be a therapist afterwards before finding herself, as she recalled, "too emotional to have that job". [1] She subsequently decided to go into writing. [1] She was a 2012 Center for Fiction Emerging Writers Fellow and a 2012 Fine Arts Work Center Fellow. [3]

In 2015, Core published her debut book-length poetry collection Veronica Bench . [4] That same year, she won a Whiting Award in Fiction. [5]

In 2016, Core published her first short story collection, When Watched ; [6] the book's nineteen stories focus on "a similar cast of downtown types" similar to Core's own artist friends from her Manhattan upbringing. [1] Steph Eckhardt of W said that "if 'write what you know' is creative writing’s biggest axiom, Core has become its biggest disciple", [1] while Alexandra Kleeman of The New York Times subsequently drew comparisons with Jane Bowles, William S. Burroughs, and Mary Gaitskill. [6]

Core's story "Hog for Sorrow" was featured in The Best American Short Stories 2017 . [7] In 2017, she was honored as one of the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35. [8] She was a finalist for the 2017 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel [9] and the 2017 Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Fiction. [10]

Core cites Mark Gonzales' Non Stop Poetry, Nella Larsen's Passing , and Jenny Zhang's Hags as her inspirations. [11]

Core is dyslexic. [12] She was once in a relationship with poet Eileen Myles. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Eckardt, Steph (August 18, 2016). "Meet Leopoldine Core, New Literary Cool Girl on the Scene". W. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Leopoldine Core". Brown University. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  3. ↑ "The 2015 Whiting Awards: Leopoldine Core". The Paris Review. Archived from the original on February 15, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Jaramillo, Laura (2016). "Veronica Bench". Boston Review. Vol. 41, no. 11. p. 6. ProQuest   1772855553.
  5. ↑ "Awards: Whiting; Baileys; Publishing Triangle; Australia Council". Shelf Awareness . March 10, 2015. Archived from the original on March 26, 2022. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 Kleeman, Alexandra (September 16, 2016). "A New Story Collection Offers Windows Onto Intimate Moments". New York Times. ProQuest   1819963122.
  7. ↑ Stephens, Christopher John (November 4, 2017). "Love, Loss and Divisions of All Sorts: 'The Best American Short Stories 2017'". PopMatters. Archived from the original on June 12, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  8. ↑ Maher, John (September 25, 2017). "Halle Butler, Weike Wang Among NBF's Five Under 35 Honorees". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  9. ↑ "List of PEN/Hemingway Winners". The Hemingway Society . Archived from the original on January 7, 2022. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  10. ↑ Veron, Luis Damian (June 14, 2017). "29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced: FULL LIST". Towleroad Gay News. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Leopoldine Core: Nella Larsen's radical Passing and other influences on When Watched". Library of America. November 16, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  12. ↑ Labrise, Megan (August 11, 2016). "Leopoldine Core". Kirkus Reviews. Archived from the original on June 12, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  13. ↑ Millner, Maggie (August 9, 2015). "Leopoldine Core's Veronica Bench". The Fanzine. Archived from the original on June 12, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  14. ↑ Levine, Mark (2016). "When Watched". The Booklist. Vol. 112, no. 19/20. p. 46. ProQuest   1795932057.
  15. ↑ "Fiction Reviews". Publishers Weekly. Vol. 263, no. 25. June 20, 2016. ProQuest   1799026400.
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