New Criterion Poetry Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (2006) Winner
Bill Coyle
ビル・コイル
Biru Koiru
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Salem, Massachusetts → United States (resident)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, translator, university instructor
- Affiliations
- Salem State University, Department of English
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | New Criterion Poetry Prize | The God of this World to His Prophet | — | The New Criterion | 受賞 |
New Criterion Poetry Prize
2006
Work:
The God of this World to His Prophet
Organization:
The New Criterion
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The God of this World to His Prophet
2006 PoetryDebut poetry collection. Poems combine religious and existential themes with close observations of daily life; noted for technical control and a contrast between mastery and quiet mystery.
religionmortalityeveryday lifelanguage and form
Dog Star Notations (translator)
2016 Translated poetryA selected poems volume of Swedish poet Håkan Sandell translated into English; showcases Coyle's skills as a translator.
translationNordic poetryinterlingual resonance
Bibliography
- The God of this World to His Prophet
- Dog Star Notations (translator)
Translations by Author
- Translation of Håkan Sandell's selected poems, Dog Star Notations (2016)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- technically controlled styledense imagistic poetic descriptioncombination of composure and inward insight
- Recurring Motifs
- religious motifsdawn/dusk imageryfragments of daily lifelanguage and translation
Legacy
Bill Coyle is recognized as a poet and translator, winning a prize for his debut collection. Critics praise his technical assurance and measured expression. As a university instructor he has contributed to introducing Nordic poetry to English-speaking audiences through translation.
Quotes
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"Aubade" is "a single, flawless stroke," and regarding the rest of the book: "If some of the poems that precede 'Aubade' seem, by contrast, a little too much under his control, offering the mastery without the mystery, well, there’s a lot to be said for mastery."
Source: The New York Times (Eric McHenry, 2006) (2006)
Trivia
- Poems and translations have appeared in The Hudson Review, The New Republic, Poetry, and Modern Poetry in Translation.
- His debut collection The God of this World to His Prophet won the New Criterion Poetry Prize in 2006.
- He teaches in the English Department at Salem State University.
- An official website exists in web archives.