Bollingen Prize for Poetry
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Edition 46 (2009) Winner
Allen R. Grossman
アレン・グロスマン
Allen R. Grossman
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1932-01-07 （Minneapolis, Minnesota, US）
- Died
- 2014-06-27 （Chelsea, Massachusetts, US） age 82
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Minneapolis (birth) → Cambridge, MA (Harvard) → Waltham, MA (Brandeis) → Baltimore, MD (Johns Hopkins) → Chelsea, MA (later life/death)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, critic, professor
- Active Years
- 1959-2009
- Affiliations
- Brandeis University (professor), Johns Hopkins University (Andrew W. Mellon Professor)
- Memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fellow)
- Influenced By
- William Butler Yeats (subject of study/influence)
- Influenced
- Ben Lerner (cited Grossman's influence on poetics)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | — | English | MA | — | United States |
| Brandeis University | — | English | PhD | — | United States |
Harvard University
English
Degree:
MA
Year of Graduation:
1956
Country:
United States
Completed MA after interruptions.
Brandeis University
English
Degree:
PhD
Year of Graduation:
1960
Country:
United States
Earned PhD and later served on faculty.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Organization:
Bollingen Prize Committee / Yale-related (Bollingen Prize)
Result:
recipient
MacArthur Fellowship
1989
Organization:
MacArthur Foundation
Result:
recipient
Guggenheim Fellowship
1982
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
recipient
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1985
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
recipient
Brandeis University Distinguished Service Award
1982
Organization:
Brandeis University
Result:
recipient
Pushcart Prize
1975
Organization:
Pushcart Press
Result:
recipient
Pushcart Prize
1987
Organization:
Pushcart Press
Result:
recipient
Pushcart Prize
1990
Organization:
Pushcart Press
Result:
recipient
Sara Teasdale Memorial Prize in Poetry
1987
Organization:
Sara Teasdale Memorial
Result:
recipient
Sheaffer-PEN/New England Award for Literary Distinction
1988
Organization:
PEN/New England
Result:
recipient
A. B. Cohen Award for Teaching
1965
Result:
recipient
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
A Harlot's Hire
1959 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 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 PoetryA late poetry collection centered on philosophical reflection and loneliness.
philosophyloneliness
True-Love: Essays on Poetry and Valuing
2009 Essay / CriticismA collection of essays on poetry and valuation, containing reflections on poetics and critical judgment.
poeticsvalue judgment
Bibliography
- 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)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- erudite, dense poetic languagestylistic use of philosophical and theological references
- Recurring Motifs
- lonelinessreligious imagerymetapoetic reflection
Health
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Alzheimer's disease晩年Condition progressed in later years; he died in 2014 from complications related to Alzheimer's.
Legacy
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.
Academic Societies
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fellow)
Archives
- Brandeis University Archives (possible holding of papers)
In Popular Culture
- Ben Lerner's writings discuss Grossman's influence on poetics
Trivia
- 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.