Author record · 2006 to 2016

Lucia Perillo: Awards and Best-of Lists

Lucia Perillo has won 1 award, the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award (2006) for Luck Is Luck, with 3 shortlist or finalist places and 4 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2016Time Will Clean the Carcass BonesBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Adult Books: Poetry
2013Happiness Is a Chemical in the BrainPEN America Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection
2012On the Spectrum of Possible DeathsNational Book Critics Circle Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Poetry
2012Happiness Is a Chemical in the BrainKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2012On the Spectrum of Possible DeathsNew York Times 100 Notable Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction & Poetry
2012Happiness Is a Chemical in the BrainPublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Top 10
2010Inseminating the ElephantPulitzer Prize (Poetry) source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Poetry
2006Luck Is LuckKingsley Tufts Poetry Award source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award

Books

  1. Happiness Is a Chemical in the Brain3 sources · 2012 to 2013
  2. On the Spectrum of Possible Deaths2 sources · 2012
  3. Inseminating the Elephant1 source · 2010
  4. Luck Is Luck1 source · 2006
  5. Time Will Clean the Carcass Bones1 source · 2016