Bollingen Prize for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 25 (1975) Winner
Archibald Randolph Ammons
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Archibald Randolph Ammons
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1926-02-18 （near Whiteville, North Carolina）
- Died
- 2001-02-25 （Ithaca, New York） age 75
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Grew up near Whiteville, North Carolina (tobacco farm) → Northfield, New Jersey → Ocean City, New Jersey → Millville, New Jersey → Ithaca, New York (longtime residence; taught at Cornell University)
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Columnist, Essayist, Professor of English
- Active Years
- 1950-1998
- Affiliations
- Cornell University (Goldwin Smith Professor of English; Poet in Residence)
- Memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fellow)
- Influenced By
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman
- Influenced
- Alice Fulton, Ann Loomis Silsbee, Jerald Bullis, Robert Morgan
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wake Forest University | — | Biology | B.A. | 1945–1949 | United States |
| University of California, Berkeley | — | English (graduate) | M.A. | — | United States |
Wake Forest University
Biology
Degree:
B.A.
Period:
1945–1949
Year of Graduation:
1949
Country:
United States
Undergraduate major in biology. After graduation served as a school principal/teacher.
University of California, Berkeley
English (graduate)
Degree:
M.A.
Country:
United States
Received an M.A. in English (exact year not specified)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | National Book Award (Poetry) | Collected Poems, 1951–1971 | — | National Book Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1993 | National Book Award (Poetry) | Garbage | — | National Book Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1981 | MacArthur Fellowship | — | — | MacArthur Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1975 | Bollingen Prize | Sphere | — | Bollingen Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Wallace Stevens Award | — | — | Academy of American Poets | 受賞 |
| 1981 | National Book Critics Circle Award | A Coast of Trees | — | National Book Critics Circle | 受賞 |
| 1993 | Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry (Library of Congress) | Garbage | — | Library of Congress | 受賞 |
| — | Robert Frost Medal | — | — | Poetry Society of America | 受賞 |
| — | Ruth Lilly Prize | — | — | Poetry foundations | 受賞 |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| — | Fellowship, American Academy of Arts and Letters | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
National Book Award (Poetry)
1973
Work:
Collected Poems, 1951–1971
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
受賞
National Book Award (Poetry)
1993
Work:
Garbage
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
受賞
MacArthur Fellowship
1981
Organization:
MacArthur Foundation
Result:
受賞
Bollingen Prize
1975
Work:
Sphere
Organization:
Bollingen Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Wallace Stevens Award
1998
Organization:
Academy of American Poets
Result:
受賞
National Book Critics Circle Award
1981
Work:
A Coast of Trees
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
受賞
Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry (Library of Congress)
1993
Work:
Garbage
Organization:
Library of Congress
Result:
受賞
Robert Frost Medal
Organization:
Poetry Society of America
Result:
受賞
Ruth Lilly Prize
Organization:
Poetry foundations
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Fellowship, American Academy of Arts and Letters
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Lannan Literary Awards
3 appearances
Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry
1 appearances
-
Edition 3 (1994) Winner
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (1995) Winner
Works
Major Works
Collected Poems, 1951–1971
1972 Poetry collectionA collected volume of poems from 1951 to 1971. Winner of the 1973 National Book Award.
NatureIndividual consciousnessEveryday life
Garbage
1993 Poetry collection (long poem)A long poem/collection that treats everyday objects and refuse poetically. Winner of the 1993 National Book Award.
EverydaynessWaste and valueNature and humanity
Sphere: The Form of a Motion
1974 Long poemA long experimental poem exploring form and motion; winner of the Bollingen Prize.
FormMotionNatural phenomena
Tape for the Turn of the Year
1965 Poetry collectionA collection from the early 1960s including pieces ranging from short poems to longer sequences.
SeasonsTimeSelf and landscape
Corsons Inlet
1965 Poetry collectionA collection inspired by the New Jersey coastal landscape, reflecting his experiences living there.
Coastal landscapeNatural observationMemory
Bibliography
- Ommateum, with Doxology (1955)
- Expressions of Sea Level (1964)
- Corsons Inlet (1965)
- Tape for the Turn of the Year (1965)
- Collected Poems, 1951–1971 (1972)
- Sphere (1974)
- A Coast of Trees (1981)
- Garbage (1993)
- Brink Road (1996)
- Glare (1997)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Unrhymed lines with strong enjambmentMinimalist punctuation, frequent use of the colonFormal experimentation ranging from very short poems to book-length poems
- Recurring Motifs
- Nature and landscapeEveryday objects and actionsUse of scientific vocabularyWit and sometimes coarse humor
Legacy
An important figure in contemporary American poetry, Ammons combined romantic traditions with modern experimentation. He won two National Book Awards and many other honors, and left a lasting influence as a teacher.
Academic Societies
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Archives
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Wake Forest University - A.R. Ammons Audio Collection
- Cornell University Library, Division of Rare and Special Collections - Archie Ammons Papers
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Southern Historical Collection (A.R. Ammons papers)
- East Carolina University - Reid and Susan Overcash Literary Collection (A.R. Ammons Papers)
Trivia
- Won the National Book Award for Poetry twice (1973, 1993).
- One of the inaugural MacArthur Fellows in 1981.
- Taught for many years at Cornell University as Goldwin Smith Professor.