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第46回（2009年） Winner
Allen R. Grossman
アレン・グロスマン
Allen R. Grossman
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1932-01-07 （Minneapolis, Minnesota, US）
- 死没
- 2014-06-27 （Chelsea, Massachusetts, US） 82歳
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 宗教
- Judaism
- 居住地歴
- Minneapolis (birth) → Cambridge, MA (Harvard) → Waltham, MA (Brandeis) → Baltimore, MD (Johns Hopkins) → Chelsea, MA (later life/death)
経歴
- 職業
- poet, critic, professor
- 活動期間
- 1959年〜2009年
- 所属
- Brandeis University (professor), Johns Hopkins University (Andrew W. Mellon Professor)
- 所属団体
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fellow)
- 影響を受けた人物
- William Butler Yeats (subject of study/influence)
- 影響を与えた人物
- Ben Lerner (cited Grossman's influence on poetics)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | — | English | MA | — | United States |
| Brandeis University | — | English | PhD | — | United States |
Harvard University
English
学位:
MA
卒業年:
1956
国:
United States
Completed MA after interruptions.
Brandeis University
English
学位:
PhD
卒業年:
1960
国:
United States
Earned PhD and later served on faculty.
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Bollingen Prize (in Poetry) | — | — | Bollingen Prize Committee / Yale-related (Bollingen Prize) | recipient |
| 1989 | MacArthur Fellowship | — | — | MacArthur Foundation | recipient |
| 1982 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | recipient |
| 1985 | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | recipient |
| 1982 | Brandeis University Distinguished Service Award | — | — | Brandeis University | recipient |
| 1975 | Pushcart Prize | — | — | Pushcart Press | recipient |
| 1987 | Pushcart Prize | — | — | Pushcart Press | recipient |
| 1990 | Pushcart Prize | — | — | Pushcart Press | recipient |
| 1987 | Sara Teasdale Memorial Prize in Poetry | — | — | Sara Teasdale Memorial | recipient |
| 1988 | Sheaffer-PEN/New England Award for Literary Distinction | — | — | PEN/New England | recipient |
| 1965 | A. B. Cohen Award for Teaching | — | — | — | recipient |
Bollingen Prize (in Poetry)
2009
主催:
Bollingen Prize Committee / Yale-related (Bollingen Prize)
結果:
recipient
MacArthur Fellowship
1989
主催:
MacArthur Foundation
結果:
recipient
Guggenheim Fellowship
1982
主催:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
結果:
recipient
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1985
主催:
National Endowment for the Arts
結果:
recipient
Brandeis University Distinguished Service Award
1982
主催:
Brandeis University
結果:
recipient
Pushcart Prize
1975
主催:
Pushcart Press
結果:
recipient
Pushcart Prize
1987
主催:
Pushcart Press
結果:
recipient
Pushcart Prize
1990
主催:
Pushcart Press
結果:
recipient
Sara Teasdale Memorial Prize in Poetry
1987
主催:
Sara Teasdale Memorial
結果:
recipient
Sheaffer-PEN/New England Award for Literary Distinction
1988
主催:
PEN/New England
結果:
recipient
A. B. Cohen Award for Teaching
1965
結果:
recipient
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
A Harlot's Hire
1959年 PoetryGrossman's early poetry collection, showing experimental tendencies and attention to form.
individual solitudereligious and philosophical motifs
The Ether Dome and Other Poems (New and Selected)
1991年 PoetryA selected poems volume gathering key works; noted by Harold Bloom for inclusion in discussions of the Western Canon.
poetic knowledgeinstitution vs. individual
Descartes' Loneliness
2007年 PoetryA late poetry collection centered on philosophical reflection and loneliness.
philosophyloneliness
True-Love: Essays on Poetry and Valuing
2009年 Essay / CriticismA collection of essays on poetry and valuation, containing reflections on poetics and critical judgment.
poeticsvalue judgment
全著作
- A Harlot's Hire (1959)
- The Recluse (1965)
- And The Dew Lay All Night Upon My Branch (1974)
- The Woman on the Bridge over the Chicago River (1979)
- Of The Great House (1982)
- The Bright Nails Scattered on the Ground (1986)
- The Ether Dome and Other Poems (1991)
- The Philosopher's Window and Other Poems (1995)
- How to Do Things with Tears (2001)
- Sweet Youth (2002)
- Descartes' Loneliness (2007)
- True-Love: Essays on Poetry and Valuing (2009)
- Poetic Knowledge in the Early Yeats (1969, study)
- The Sighted Singer / The Long Schoolroom (prose on poetics)
作風・主題
- 文体
- erudite, dense poetic languagestylistic use of philosophical and theological references
- 頻出モチーフ
- lonelinessreligious imagerymetapoetic reflection
健康
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Alzheimer's disease晩年Condition progressed in later years; he died in 2014 from complications related to Alzheimer's.
評価・遺産
Highly regarded for both his scholarship in poetics and his achievements as a poet. Influenced numerous poets and critics and is frequently cited in discussions of contemporary poetics.
関連学会
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fellow)
資料所蔵先
- Brandeis University Archives (possible holding of papers)
大衆文化への影響
- Ben Lerner's writings discuss Grossman's influence on poetics
豆知識
- He was father to writers Lev Grossman and Austin Grossman and to sculptor Bathsheba Grossman.
- Official website: www.allengrossman.com (status may vary).
- Active roughly from 1959 to 2009; won the Bollingen Prize in 2009.