Willis Barnstone Translation Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (2009) Winner
Alicia Elsbeth Stallings
アリシア・エルズベス・スタリンズ
Alicia Elsbeth Stallings
Aliases:
A. E. Stallings
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1968-07-02 （Decatur, Georgia, U.S.）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Decatur, Georgia, U.S. → Athens, Greece
Career
- Occupations
- poet, translator, essayist
- Active Years
- 1999-
- Affiliations
- Editor at Atlanta Review, Poetry Program Director of the Athens Centre
- Memberships
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
- Influenced By
- Richard Wilbur, Edna St. Vincent Millay
- Nominations
- National Book Critics Circle Award finalist for Olives (2012), Pulitzer Prize for Poetry finalist for Like (2019)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Georgia | Classics | Classics | AB | 1986-1990 | United States |
| Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford | Classics | Latin Literature | MSt | 1990-1991 | United Kingdom |
University of Georgia
Classics
/ Classics
Degree:
AB
Period:
1986-1990
Year of Graduation:
1990
Country:
United States
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Classics
/ Latin Literature
Degree:
MSt
Period:
1990-1991
Year of Graduation:
1991
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Richard Wilbur Award | Archaic Smile | — | University of Evansville Press | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Poets' Prize | Hapax | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Benjamin H. Danks Award | Hapax | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Willis Barnstone Translation Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | Guggenheim Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2011 | MacArthur Foundation Fellowship | — | — | MacArthur Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2023 | Oxford Professor of Poetry | — | — | University of Oxford | 選出 |
Richard Wilbur Award
1999
Work:
Archaic Smile
Organization:
University of Evansville Press
Result:
受賞
Poets' Prize
2008
Work:
Hapax
Result:
受賞
Benjamin H. Danks Award
2008
Work:
Hapax
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
Willis Barnstone Translation Prize
2010
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
2011
Organization:
Guggenheim Foundation
Result:
受賞
MacArthur Foundation Fellowship
2011
Organization:
MacArthur Foundation
Result:
受賞
Oxford Professor of Poetry
2023
Organization:
University of Oxford
Result:
選出
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Archaic Smile
1999 PoetryDebut collection of poetry using traditional forms.
mythology
Hapax
2006 PoetrySecond collection of poetry.
Olives
2012 PoetryThird collection of poetry.
Like
2018 PoetryFourth collection of poetry.
This Afterlife
2022 Selected PoemsSelection of published poems.
The Nature of Things
2007 Verse TranslationVerse translation of Lucretius's De Rerum Natura.
Works and Days
2018 Verse TranslationVerse translation of Hesiod's Works and Days.
The Battle of the Frogs and the Mice
2019 Verse TranslationVerse translation of Batrachomyomachia.
Bibliography
- Archaic Smile (1999)
- Hapax (2006)
- The Nature of Things (2007)
- Olives (2012)
- Works and Days (2018)
- Like (2018)
- The Battle Between the Frogs and the Mice (2019)
- This Afterlife (2022)
- Frieze Frame (2025)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- New Formalismtraditional formmeter and rhyme
- Recurring Motifs
- ancient mythologydomestic lifeGreek mythology and historymotherhoodlanguagetime
Legacy
Leading figure in New Formalism. Elected Oxford Professor of Poetry, acclaimed for poetry and classical translations.
Quotes
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The poems of A. E. Stallings are never less than the true voice of feeling, and always more ...
Source: Christopher Ricks nomination for Oxford Professor of Poetry (2015) -
Through her technical dexterity and graceful fusion of content and form, Stallings is revealing the timelessness of poetic expression and antiquity's relevance for today.
Source: MacArthur Fellowship committee (2011)
Trivia
- Moved to Athens, Greece in 1999.
- Married to journalist John Psaropoulos.
- Poems published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, etc.