Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 48 (1967) Winner
Anne Sexton
アン・セクストン
An Sekusuton
Aliases:
Anne Gray Harvey
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1928-11-09 （Newton, Massachusetts）
- Died
- 1974-10-04 （Weston, Massachusetts） age 45
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Boston → Newton, Massachusetts → Weston, Massachusetts
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Model, Teacher
- Active Years
- 1957-1974
- Affiliations
- Boston University
- Memberships
- Royal Society of Literature, Phi Beta Kappa (Harvard chapter)
- Influenced By
- W. D. Snodgrass, Robert Lowell, John Holmes
- Influenced
- Maxine Kumin, Sylvia Plath
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston University | — | Literature | — | — | United States |
| Garland School | — | — | — | 1年間 | United States |
| Rogers Hall boarding school | — | — | — | 1945年 | United States |
Boston University
Literature
Country:
United States
Studied with Robert Lowell
Garland School
Period:
1年間
Country:
United States
Rogers Hall boarding school
Period:
1945年
Country:
United States
Lowell, Massachusetts
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Pulitzer Prize | Live or Die | 詩 | Columbia University | 受賞 |
Pulitzer Prize
1967
Work:
Live or Die
Category:
詩
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
To Bedlam and Part Way Back
1960 Confessional poetryCollection detailing personal experiences with mental illness
Mental illnessWomen's oppression
All My Pretty Ones
1962 Confessional poetryPoems on family and loss
FamilyLoss
Live or Die
1966 Confessional poetryPulitzer-winning collection on struggle between life and death
SuicideLife and death
Transformations
1971 Re-visioning of Grimm's Fairy TalesFeminist retellings of Grimm's Fairy Tales
FeminismFairy tales
Adaptations
- [Opera] Transformations / Conrad Susa (1973)
Bibliography
- To Bedlam and Part Way Back (1960)
- All My Pretty Ones (1962)
- Live or Die (1966)
- Love Poems (1969)
- Transformations (1971)
- The Book of Folly (1972)
- The Death Notebooks (1974)
- The Awful Rowing Toward God (1975)
- 45 Mercy Street (1976)
- Words for Dr. Y.: Uncollected Poems (1978)
- The Complete Poems: Anne Sexton (1981)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- ConfessionalIntimate and emotionalRaw and explicit
- Recurring Motifs
- Mental illnessSuicidal tendenciesMenstruationIncestAdultery
Health
-
Bipolar disorder1954年以降生涯Influenced her poetry, manic episodes boosted creativity but led to suicide
Legacy
Pioneering confessional poet, Pulitzer winner, her raw depictions of mental illness influential
Archives
- Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin
In Popular Culture
- Peter Gabriel dedicated 'Mercy Street' to her
- Personal touchstone for Morrissey
- Commemorated on Boston Women's Heritage Trail
Trivia
- Accused of sexually abusing her daughter
- First woman in Harvard Phi Beta Kappa
- Collaborated on children's books with Maxine Kumin