| | Andrei Codrescu
Poet, novelist, screenwriter, essayist,
columnist
University Professor at Louisiana State University
Born: December 20, 1946, Sibiu,
Romania
Emigrated to the United States in 1966 and became a
U.S. citizen in 1981
Activities
- poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter
- columnist on
National Public Radio
- editor of Exquisite Corpse, a literary journal on line at
www.corpse.org
- MacCurdy Distinguished
Professor of English at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
Recent Publications
Poetry
- Alien
Candor: Selected Poems, 1970-1995, Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow Press, 1996
- Poezii Alese/Selected Poetry,
bi-lingual edition, English and Romanian, Bucharest, Paralela 45 Publishing
House, 2000
- Belligerence, Minneapolis, Coffee House Press, 1993
- Comrade
Past and Mister Present, Minneapolis, Coffee House Press, 1991
Fiction
- A Bar in
Brooklyn: Novellas & Stories, 1970-1978, Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow Press,
1999
- Messiah, New York, Simon & Schuster, 1999, a novel.
- The Blood
Countess, New York, Simon & Schuster, 1995, a novel; Dell paperback,
1996; National best-seller
- The
Repentance of Lorraine, New York, Rhinoceros Books,1994, a novel
Memoirs and Travelogues:
- An
Involuntary Genius in America’s Shoes (and What Happened Afterwards), Santa
Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 2001; re-issue of “The Life & Times
of an Involuntary Genius,” 1976, and “In America’s Shoes,” 1983, with
new forward and coda-essay
- Ay, Cuba! A
Socio-Erotic Journey. With photographs by David Graham, New York, St. Martin's Press, 1999; New York: Picador,
2001
- Road
Scholar: Coast to Coast Late in the Century, New York, Hyperion, 1993, with photographs by David Graham. A journal of the
making of the movie "Road Scholar," written by and starring Andrei
Codrescu. General release: Goldwyn Company. TV: PBS. Video: Hallmark
Entertainment. Winner of the Peabody Award
- The Hole in
the Flag: a Romanian Exile's Story of Return and Revolution, New York,
Morrow,1991; Avon pp.1992. A book about the 1989 revolution in
Romania. New York Times "Notable Book," 1991, 1992.
Essays:
- The Devil
Never Sleeps & Other Essays. New York, St. Martin’s Press, 2000
- Hail
Babylon! Looking for the American City at the End of the Millenium, New
York, St. Martin's Press, 1998
- The Dog
With the Chip in His Neck: Essays from NPR & Elsewhere, New York, St. Martin's Press,
1996
- Zombification:
Essays from NPR, New York, St. Martin's Press, 1995; New York, Picador pp.,
1996
- The Muse Is
Always Half-Dressed in New Orleans, New York, St. Martin's Press, 1995; New York:
Picador, 1996
- The
Disappearance of the Outside: a Manifesto for Escape. Boston:Addison-Wesley Co.1990; a study of
exile
- A Craving
for Swan, Columbus, Ohio State University Press,1988
- Raised by
Puppets Only to Be Killed by Research, Boston, Addison-Wesley Co.1987
Translation
- At the
Court of Yearning: Poems by Lucian Blaga. Columbus, Ohio State University Press,1989; translation of Romania's great
modern poet
Anthologies
- Thus Spake
the Corpse: an Exquisite Corpse Reader 1988-1998. Volume Two, Fictions, Travels,
and Translations, Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow Press, 2000
- Thus Spake
the Corpse: an Exquisite Corpse Reader 1988-1998. Volume One, Poetry and Essays,
Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow Press, 1999
- American
Poets Say Goodbye to the 20th Century, New York, 4 Walls/8 Windows, 1996
- American
Poetry Since 1970: Up Late, New York, 4 Walls/8 Windows, 1988. Five printings.
- The
Stiffest of the Corpse: an Exquisite Corpse Reader, 1983-1990, San
Francisco, City Lights Books, 1990
Audio tapes/CDs
- The Valley
of Christmas, GertTown Records, 1998
- Plato Sucks,
Los Angeles, Dove Audio, 1996
- Fax Your
Prayers, Los Angeles, Dove Audio, 1995
- No Tacos
for Saddam, Los Angeles, Gang of Seven, BMG Distributors
- American
Life with Andrei Codrescu, Washington DC, NPR. Two one-hour tapes.
Film
- Road
Scholar.
Public Policy Productions. Feature documentary written by and starring Andrei
Codrescu, produced by Roger Weisberg, directed by Roger Weisberg and Jean de
Segonzac. Winner: George Foster Peabody Award, Golden Eagle Award, Cine Festival; Chris
Award, Columbus Film Festival. Best Documentary: Seattle International Film
Festival; Best Documentary: San Francisco Film Festival. Distributed nationally
by Samuel Goldwyn Co. Premiered on PBS, Fall 1994.Hallmark Video.
National Appearances
- NPR: ALL
THINGS CONSIDERED, weekly commentary
- MSNBC.COM, bi-weekly commentary
- NIGHTLINE with Ted Koppel, frequent contributor, commentary
- ARCHITECTURE, Stereopticon: a monthly column
- THE BALTIMORE SUN, bi-weekly columnist
- FUNNY TIMES, regular contributor
- GAMBIT WEEKLY, columnist.
Appearances on
THE TODAY SHOW, THE TONIGHT SHOW, THE DAVID LETTERMAN SHOW, THE CHARLIE ROSE
SHOW, CNN-INTERNATIONAL HOUR, C-SPAN, ABC NEWS, NBC NEWS, CBS NEWS
Writes
commentary and book reviews for THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE BOSTON GLOBE, THE
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, NEWSDAY, THE KANSAS CITY STAR,
PLAYBOY, SIERRA MAGAZINE, DIGITAL MEDIA, INDEX ON CENSORSHIP.
Lectures
extensively, participates in national and international symposia
AWARDS:
- MacCurdy
Distinguished Professor of English, LSU
-
Peabody Award for Road Scholar
-
Lowell Thomas Gold Award for Excellence in Travel Journalism
-
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships for poetry; editing; radio
-
Big Table Poetry Award
-
Towson State University Literature Prize
-
General Electric Foundation Poetry Prize
-
ACLU Freedom of Speech Award
-
Mayor's Arts Award, New Orleans
-
Literature Prize of the Romanian Cultural Foundation, Bucharest
References
- CONTEMPORARY
AUTHORS AUTOBIOGRAPHY SERIES, Volume 19, 1994.
Gale Research. ANDREI CODRESCU.
- ANDREI CODRESCU: A BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1966-1990 by Daniel Lee Butcher.
M.A. thesis based on the Codrescu holdings at LSU's Hill Memorial Library.
- XAVIER
REVIEW, Vol. 20, No.1, New Orleans 2000. "Tanslating Codrescu into
Romanian" by Ioana Avadani; "Andreiology" by Julian Semilian;
"Codrescu Verses America: A Postmodern Turned Loose" by Tim Lehnert.
- ROMANI IN
STIINTA SI CULTURA OCCIDENTALA, American-Romanian Academy of Arts and
Sciences, Davis 1992. Encyclopedia: Romanians in Arts & Sciences in the
Western world.
- SONG OF MY
EMERGING SELF: THE POETRY OF ANDREI CODRESCU by Ileana Alexandra Orlich.
MELUS, Volume 18, No.3, Fall 1993.
- SCRIITORI
DIN DIASPORA: ANDREI CODRESCU by Florea Firan.
Analele Universitatii din Craiova, Seria Stiinte Filologice, Literatura Romana
si Universala, Nr.1-12, 1997
- ANDREI
CODRESCU’S MIORITIC SPACE by Richard Collins. MELUS, Volume 23, Number
3, Fall 1998.
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