Los Angeles Times Book Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 19 (1998) Winner
Alice Elizabeth Notley
アリス・エリザベス・ノートリー
Arisu Nōtorī
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1945-11-08 （Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.）
- Died
- 2025-05-19 （Paris, France） age 79
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Needles, California, U.S. → New York City, U.S. → Chicago, Illinois, U.S. → Brightlingsea, Essex, England → Paris, France
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Editor, Instructor
- Active Years
- 1967-2025
- Influenced By
- Robert Creeley, various modernist and avant-garde poets, Gertrude Stein
- Influenced
- Anselm Berrigan, Eileen Myles, Many contemporary poets (students and younger writers)
- Nominations
- Griffin Poetry Prize (shortlist), Pulitzer Prize (finalist)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnard College, Columbia University | — | Undergraduate (Arts) | BA | 1963–1967 | United States |
| University of Iowa (Iowa Writers' Workshop) | — | Fiction/Creative Writing Program | MFA (修了年不明/在籍中に創作活動) | 1967–1970 | United States |
Barnard College, Columbia University
Undergraduate (Arts)
Degree:
BA
Period:
1963–1967
Year of Graduation:
1967
Country:
United States
Left hometown Needles to attend college
University of Iowa (Iowa Writers' Workshop)
Fiction/Creative Writing Program
Degree:
MFA (修了年不明/在籍中に創作活動)
Period:
1967–1970
Year of Graduation:
1970
Country:
United States
Attended Iowa Writers' Workshop; focused on creative work afterward.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Poetry) | — | 詩 | Los Angeles Times | winner |
| 1999 | Pulitzer Prize (finalist) | — | 詩 | Pulitzer Prize Board | finalist |
| 2001 | Shelley Memorial Award | — | — | Poetry Society of America | winner |
| 2001 | Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | winner |
| 2007 | Leonore Marshall Poetry Prize | — | — | Poetry-related foundation | winner |
| 2015 | Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize | — | — | Poetry Foundation | winner |
Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Poetry)
1999
Category:
詩
Organization:
Los Angeles Times
Result:
winner
Pulitzer Prize (finalist)
1999
Category:
詩
Organization:
Pulitzer Prize Board
Result:
finalist
Shelley Memorial Award
2001
Organization:
Poetry Society of America
Result:
winner
Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters
2001
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
winner
Leonore Marshall Poetry Prize
2007
Organization:
Poetry-related foundation
Result:
winner
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
2015
Organization:
Poetry Foundation
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Griffin Poetry Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 2 (2002) Winner
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 30 (2015) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Descent of Alette
1996 PoetryA signature book blending epic elements and experimental form; notable for its reinvention of rhythm and meter and widely taught.
language experimentationepic/questself and other
Culture of One
2011 PoetryA recent collection that treats personal subjects with Notley's distinctive formal approach.
private lifemotherhoodformal experimentation
In the Pines
2007 PoetryPublished in 2007; several poems were set to music, showing cross-genre engagement.
lossmemorytransformation
Adaptations
- [Music] In the Pines (portions set to music by AroarA) (2013)
Grave of Light: New and Selected Poems, 1970-2005
2008 Selected PoemsA major selected poems volume collecting significant work from early to mid career.
career trajectoryformal inquiry
Bibliography
- 165 Meeting House Lane (1971)
- Phoebe Light (1973)
- Songs for the Unborn Second Baby (1979)
- When I Was Alive (1980)
- The Descent of Alette (1996)
- Mysteries of Small Houses (1998)
- Disobedience (2001)
- Coming After (criticism, 2005)
- In the Pines (2007)
- Grave of Light: New and Selected Poems, 1970-2005 (2008)
- Culture of One (2011)
- Being Reflected Upon (2024)
Adaptations
- Several poems were quoted/set to music by Canadian indie pop band AroarA (2013)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Formally experimental poetryUse of quotation and fragmentsTransforming motherhood and private experience into public language
- Recurring Motifs
- motherhood and domestic lifeloss and conversations with the deadreconstruction of language and rhythm
Health
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Stroke2025年（死因）Died of a stroke in May 2025
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Ovarian cancer晩年（詳細不明）Had ovarian cancer in later life; reported cause of death was stroke
Legacy
Alice Notley was a pioneering American poet known for formal experimentation and work on motherhood; she influenced several generations of poets, published numerous collections, and received major awards.
Academic Societies
- Poetry-related academic communities and prize organizations
Archives
- Alice Notley Papers (Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego)
In Popular Culture
- Poems set/quoted in music by AroarA (2013)
- Conferences and retrospective events have been held celebrating her work
Quotes
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I expect my workshop will be similar to past Alice Notley workshops: same old format, assignments, xeroxes, forms, occasions, geometries, kinds of poems, speculations on and practice of the lofty and the silly.
Source: Workshop blurb (1983) (1983)
Trivia
- Prolific poet with over forty books and chapbooks.
- Considered a pioneering voice in addressing motherhood and domestic life in poetry.
- Lived in Paris in later life while remaining active in both U.S. and European poetry communities.