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Leopoldine Core
Born1984 or 1985 (age 39–40)
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Occupation
  • Poet
  • short story writer
Alma materHunter College
Notable awardsWhiting Award in Fiction (2015)
PartnerEileen Myles

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.

Biography

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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 "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] Her partner is poet Eileen Myles.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g 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. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  4. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c 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.
  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. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  13. ^ Millner, Maggie (August 9, 2015). "Leopoldine Core's Veronica Bench". The Fanzine. 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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