Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 43 (1962) Winner
Alan Dugan
アラン・デューガン
Alan Dugan
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1923-02-12 （Brooklyn, New York）
- Died
- 2003-09-03 （Hyannis, Massachusetts） age 80
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Jamaica, Queens, New York → Brooklyn, New York → Truro, Cape Cod, Massachusetts → Hyannis, Massachusetts
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Teacher
- Active Years
- 1961-2003
- Affiliations
- Sarah Lawrence College (teaching), Connecticut College (teaching), University of Colorado (teaching), Fine Arts Work Center (Writing Committee member)
- Memberships
- Fine Arts Work Center (Writing Committee)
- Influenced By
- Experiences of World War II, Upbringing in Queens, New York
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queens College | — | — | — | 在籍2年間（中途退学） | United States |
| Mexico City College | — | — | BA | 1949–1951（推定） | Mexico |
Queens College
Period:
在籍2年間（中途退学）
Country:
United States
Attended two years then drafted into the army
Mexico City College
Degree:
BA
Period:
1949–1951（推定）
Year of Graduation:
1951
Country:
Mexico
Earned BA in 1951
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Yale Series of Younger Poets (selection) | Poems | 詩 | Yale University | 受賞 |
| 1962 | National Book Award for Poetry | Poems | 詩 | National Book Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1962 | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry | Poems | 詩 | Columbia University (Pulitzer Prize) | 受賞 |
| 2001 | National Book Award | Poems Seven: New and Complete Poetry | 詩 | National Book Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1963 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受給 |
| 1972 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受給 |
| 1966 | Rockefeller Fellowship | — | — | Rockefeller Foundation | 受給 |
| 1962 | Prix de Rome | — | — | National Institute of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
| 1982 | Shelley Memorial Award | — | — | Poetry Society of America | 受賞 |
| 1985 | The Award in Literature (American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters) | — | — | American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Lannan Literary Award for Poetry | — | — | Lannan Foundation | 受賞 |
Yale Series of Younger Poets (selection)
1961
Work:
Poems
Category:
詩
Organization:
Yale University
Result:
受賞
National Book Award for Poetry
1962
Work:
Poems
Category:
詩
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
受賞
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1962
Work:
Poems
Category:
詩
Organization:
Columbia University (Pulitzer Prize)
Result:
受賞
National Book Award
2001
Work:
Poems Seven: New and Complete Poetry
Category:
詩
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
1963
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受給
Guggenheim Fellowship
1972
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受給
Rockefeller Fellowship
1966
Organization:
Rockefeller Foundation
Result:
受給
Prix de Rome
1962
Organization:
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
Shelley Memorial Award
1982
Organization:
Poetry Society of America
Result:
受賞
The Award in Literature (American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters)
1985
Organization:
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
Lannan Literary Award for Poetry
2002
Organization:
Lannan Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Lannan Literary Awards
5 appearances
Works
Major Works
Poems
1961 Poetry collectionDebut collection. Poems that reflect wartime experience and the profundities of daily life with a spare, sometimes barbed voice.
WarDaily lifeExistence
Poems 2
1963 Poetry collectionSecond numbered collection continuing many of the concerns of the first volume.
Daily lifeMemory
Poems 3
1967 Poetry collectionThird collection, showing further maturation of voice and formal variety.
ObservationLandscape
Poems 4
1974 Poetry collectionFourth numbered collection continuing Dugan's attention to the ordinary and its deeper resonances.
Details of daily lifeSociety
Poems Five: New and Collected Poems
1983 Poetry collection (new and selected)Mid-career volume combining new poems with selected work from earlier books.
RetrospectionMaturity
Poems Six
1989 Poetry collectionCollection approaching his later style: concise diction and a controlled stance.
TimeMemory
Poems Seven: New and Complete Poetry
2001 Poetry collection (new and complete) 422 pagesFinal volume, collecting new work and serving as a near-complete gathering of his poetry, summarizing a lifetime's concerns.
Life and deathRetrospectionHumor and barbed wit
Bibliography
- Poems (1961)
- Poems 2 (1963)
- Poems 3 (1967)
- Poems 4 (1974)
- Poems Five: New and Collected Poems (1983)
- Poems Six (1989)
- Poems Seven: New and Complete Poetry (2001)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Spare, often barbed toneDetached observationFormally flexible poetry
- Recurring Motifs
- War memoryDetails of daily lifeMeditations on life and death
Health
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Pneumonia2003年（死因）Died of pneumonia in 2003; direct cause of death.
Legacy
Alan Dugan was an important late-20th-century American poet who rendered wartime experience and quotidian observation with a sharp voice. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and multiple National Book Awards, he established a spare, barbed presence in contemporary poetry.
Academic Societies
- Poetry Society of America (associated/award)
- American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (award)
Trivia
- He dedicated each of his books to his wife, artist Judith Shahn.
- His experiences serving in World War II informed much of his poetry.
- He won a second National Book Award for Poems Seven in 2001.
- Died of pneumonia in 2003 at age 80.