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Formal Education:
B.Sc. in Mineral Engineering Physics from the Colorado School of Mines
-- May 1983
M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Eastern Washington University -- June
1991
Awards:
2006: I was the Press
Action Person of the Year: “The recipient of this award was never in
doubt.
Derrick Jensen's Endgame, released in late spring, was the best work of
nonfiction in 2006. Given the significance of its subject matter and
the
urgency of Jensen's message, Endgame is the most important book of the
decade
and could stand as the must-read book of our lifetimes. But be careful.
The
book is likely to send you into periods of despondency over the bleak
future of
the planet. But Jensen explains that if enough of us stand up and work
together
to fight the fascists, the crash won't be as devastating. And the long
struggle
will eventually result in an explosive renewal of all forms of life on
the
planet,” http://www.pressaction.com/news/weblog/full_article/awards12292006/
<>2003:
The Culture
of Make Believe was a finalist for the Lukas Prize Project Award
for
Exceptional Works of Nonfiction, sponsored by the Columbia University
Graduate
School of Journalism and the Nieman Foundation at Harvard.
2002: An
interview Ramey Wood did of me on KSUA in Anchorage Alaska
won the Alaska Broadcaster’s Association Goldie Award for Best Public
Affairs
Program
2000: Hackensack, NJ, Record declared Language its best book
of the year.
2000: Language was nominated for Quality Paperback Book Club's New
Vision Award.
1995: Critics' Choice for one of America's ten best nature books of
1995, for Listening to the Land: Conversations About Nature, Culture,
and Eros.
1998: Second Prize in the category of small budget non-profit
advertisements, as determined by the Inland Northwest Ad Federation,
for the first ad in the "National Forests: Your land, your choice"
series.
Positions:
December 2001 - Present: Member of Advisory Board of Del Norte
Association for Cultural Awareness
June 1997 - Present: Member of Advisory Board of the Native Forest
Network
March 1997 - Present: Member of the Drafting Committee for the
articulation of a new food production ethic, sponsored by the Center
for Respect of Life and Environment
1996 - Present: co-founder and member of the Railroads and Clearcuts
Campaign.
1990 - 2001: Associate Editor of the magazine Transitions
CONTACT DERRICK JENSEN
derrick@derrickjensen.org
NOTE: derrick@tao.ca will no longer be active as of March 1, 2003
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