Bollingen Prize for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (1956) Winner
Allen Tate
アレン・テイト
John Orley Allen Tate
Aliases:
John Orley Allen Tate
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1899-11-19 （Winchester, Kentucky, U.S.）
- Died
- 1979-02-09 （Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.） age 79
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Roman Catholicism Baptized in 1950
- Residence History
- Winchester, Kentucky → Cincinnati (Conservatory of Music) → Nashville, Tennessee (Vanderbilt University area) → New York City → Patterson, New York → Benfolly estate, Clarksville, Tennessee → Monteagle, Tennessee → Minneapolis, Minnesota → Sewanee, Tennessee → Nashville, Tennessee (later years)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, essayist, literary critic, social commentator, educator, editor
- Active Years
- 1922-1979
- Affiliations
- The Fugitives, Southern Agrarians, The Sewanee Review (editor), American Academy of Arts and Letters (member), National Institute of Arts and Letters (member, later president)
- Memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Institute of Arts and Letters
- Influenced By
- T. S. Eliot, John Crowe Ransom, Jacques Maritain
- Influenced
- Robert Penn Warren, John Berryman, Robert Lowell, William Meredith
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Conservatory of Music | — | Violin | — | 1916–1917 | United States |
| Vanderbilt University | — | Department of English | B.A. (magna cum laude) | 1918–1922 | United States |
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Violin
Period:
1916–1917
Country:
United States
Studied violin
Vanderbilt University
Department of English
Degree:
B.A. (magna cum laude)
Period:
1918–1922
Year of Graduation:
1922
Country:
United States
Graduated magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Bollingen Prize for Poetry | — | — | Bollingen Prize (administered by different organizations over time) | 受賞 |
| 1958 | Christian Culture Gold Medal (Canada) | — | — | organization unspecified | 受賞 |
| 1961 | Brandeis Creative Arts Medal in Poetry (lifetime achievement) | — | — | Brandeis University | 受賞 |
| 1962 | Dante Medal (Gold Medal) | — | — | Dante Alighieri Society | 受賞 |
| 1975 | Ingram Merrill Foundation Award in Literature | — | — | Ingram Merrill Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1976 | National Medal for Literature | — | — | organization unspecified | 受賞 |
| 1978 | Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize | Poems, 1919-1976 | — | organization unspecified | 受賞 |
Bollingen Prize for Poetry
1956
Organization:
Bollingen Prize (administered by different organizations over time)
Result:
受賞
Christian Culture Gold Medal (Canada)
1958
Organization:
organization unspecified
Result:
受賞
Brandeis Creative Arts Medal in Poetry (lifetime achievement)
1961
Organization:
Brandeis University
Result:
受賞
Dante Medal (Gold Medal)
1962
Organization:
Dante Alighieri Society
Result:
受賞
Ingram Merrill Foundation Award in Literature
1975
Organization:
Ingram Merrill Foundation
Result:
受賞
National Medal for Literature
1976
Organization:
organization unspecified
Result:
受賞
Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
1978
Work:
Poems, 1919-1976
Organization:
organization unspecified
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Ode to the Confederate Dead
1928 PoemA signature poem that meditates on memory, loss, and self-awareness in the presence of a Confederate monument.
memorydeathSouthern historyloss
The Fathers
1938 NovelTate's only novel, drawing on his mother's Fairfax County roots to explore family, Southern tradition, and generational conflict.
familySouthern traditiongenerational conflict
Collected Poems 1919–1976
1976 Poetry collectionA comprehensive collection spanning Tate's career, including key later and early poems.
religiondeathmemorySouthern identity
Bibliography
- Mr. Pope and Other Poems (1928)
- Stonewall Jackson: The Good Soldier (biography, 1928)
- Jefferson Davis: His Rise and Fall (biography, 1929)
- Poems: 1928–1931 (1932)
- The Mediterranean and Other Poems (1936)
- Selected Poems (1937)
- The Fathers (novel, 1938)
- Poems, 1922–1947 (1948)
- Collected Poems 1919–1976 (1976)
- Essays of Four Decades (1969)
- Memoirs and Opinions, 1926–1974 (1975)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- formalist poeticsinfluenced by New Criticismprecision in meter and technical craft
- Recurring Motifs
- death and lossmemory and heritageSouthern identityreligious inquiry
Health
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bronchitis1972（入院）Temporary impact on public engagements; forced cancellations
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emphysema1970年代（進行性）Limited late-life activity; required oxygen therapy
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coma1975（入院・昏睡）Led to prolonged hospitalization and subsequent bedridden state
Legacy
Allen Tate was a major 20th-century American poet and critic associated with New Criticism and Southern literary movements. He is praised for technical mastery and religious/historical themes, while his 1930s views on race have been criticized by later scholars.
Academic Societies
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- National Institute of Arts and Letters
Archives
- Allen Tate papers at Firestone Library, Princeton University
- The Allen Tate Papers at Washington University in St. Louis (archive)
- Stuart Wright Collection: Allen Tate Papers, East Carolina University
In Popular Culture
- Frequently cited and studied in university courses, poetry anthologies, and literary scholarship
Quotes
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Religion is the only technique for the validation of values.
Source: Essay 'The Fallacy of Humanism' (1929)
Trivia
- Studied violin at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music in his youth.
- His infant son Michael died in 1968 after a choking accident.
- Served as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (Chair of Poetry) in 1943–44.