Lorne Pierce Medal
1回登壇
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第3回（1928年） Winner
William Bliss Carman
ウィリアム・ブリス・カーマン
Uiriamu Burisu Kāman
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1861-04-15 （Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada）
- 死没
- 1929-06-08 （New Canaan, Connecticut, US） 68歳
- 国籍
- Canadian
- 言語
- English
経歴
- 職業
- Poet
- 活動期間
- 1879年〜1929年
- 所属団体
- Royal Society of Canada (FRSC)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Josiah Royce, Richard Hovey
- 影響を与えた人物
- Ezra Pound (praised the Vagabondia volumes), Subsequent Canadian lyric poets
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of New Brunswick | — | — | BA | 1877–1881 | Canada |
| Oxford University (attended) | — | — | — | 1881–1882 | United Kingdom |
| University of Edinburgh | — | — | — | 1882–1883 | United Kingdom |
| University of New Brunswick (MA) | — | — | MA | 1883–1884 | Canada |
| Harvard University | — | — | — | 1886–1887 | United States |
University of New Brunswick
学位:
BA
期間:
1877–1881
卒業年:
1881
国:
Canada
Received a bachelor's degree; later returned for a master's (1884).
Oxford University (attended)
期間:
1881–1882
国:
United Kingdom
Attended but no degree recorded.
University of Edinburgh
期間:
1882–1883
国:
United Kingdom
Attended 1882–1883; degree not recorded.
University of New Brunswick (MA)
学位:
MA
期間:
1883–1884
卒業年:
1884
国:
Canada
Received a master's degree in 1884.
Harvard University
期間:
1886–1887
国:
United States
Attended 1886–1887; no degree recorded.
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Lorne Pierce Medal | — | — | Royal Society of Canada | 受賞 |
| 1930 | Robert Frost Medal | — | — | Poetry Society of America | 追贈（死後受賞） |
| 1929 | Medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
| 1925 | Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) | — | — | Royal Society of Canada | 選出 |
| 1945 | Person of National Historic Significance | — | — | Government of Canada (Parks Canada) | 指定（没後） |
Lorne Pierce Medal
1928
主催:
Royal Society of Canada
結果:
受賞
Robert Frost Medal
1930
主催:
Poetry Society of America
結果:
追贈（死後受賞）
Medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters
1929
主催:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
結果:
受賞
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC)
1925
主催:
Royal Society of Canada
結果:
選出
Person of National Historic Significance
1945
主催:
Government of Canada (Parks Canada)
結果:
指定（没後）
受賞・候補エディション
Robert Frost Medal
1回登壇
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第1回（1930年） Winner
作品
代表作
Low Tide on Grand Pré
1893年 Poetry collectionA collection characterized by nostalgia and melancholy; the title poem is one of Carman's most acclaimed long lyrics.
nostalgianatureloss
Songs from Vagabondia
1894年 Poetry collection (collaboration)A collaboration with Richard Hovey; the Vagabondia series celebrates individual freedom, comradeship and anti-materialistic themes.
freedomcomradeshipvagabondage
Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics
1904年 Poetry collection (Sapphic reconstructions)A highly regarded volume in which Carman imagines and 'translates' lost lyrics of the ancient Greek poet Sappho, producing a unified and acclaimed collection.
lovelossclassical homage
全著作
- Low Tide on Grand Pré: A Book Of Lyrics (1893)
- Songs From Vagabondia (1894, with Richard Hovey)
- Behind The Arras (1895)
- Ballads of Lost Haven (1897)
- By The Aurelian Wall (1898)
- Pipes of Pan (volumes issued 1902–1905)
- Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics (1904)
- The Rough Rider (1908)
- A Painter's Holiday (1911)
- Echoes From Vagabondia (1912)
- April Airs (1916)
- Far Horizons (1925)
- Later Poems (1926)
- Sanctuary (1929)
- Wild Garden (1929)
作風・主題
- 文体
- lyricalromantic tendenciesclassical reconstructions (pseudo-translations)delicate, elegiac voice
- 頻出モチーフ
- nature (sea, landscape)nostalgia and lossclassical motifs (Pan, Sappho)freedom and wandering
健康
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Tuberculosis1919–1921（概略）Around 1920 he suffered a near-fatal attack of tuberculosis and subsequently recovered; this affected his health and productivity.
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Brain hemorrhage (cause of death)1929Died of a brain hemorrhage in 1929.
評価・遺産
Regarded as one of the Confederation Poets and celebrated as a master of lyric poetry; he achieved international recognition and was later hailed in Canada as a national poet. His works have been influential in anthologies and education.
記念館・博物館
- Sculpture on the UNB campus (Confederation Poets memorial) Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada (UNB campus) 1947年開館
関連学会
- Royal Society of Canada
資料所蔵先
- Bliss Carman Papers (Stanford University Libraries)
- The Papers of Bliss Carman (Dartmouth College Library)
大衆文化への影響
- Bliss Carman Middle School in Fredericton (school named after him)
- Bliss Carman Senior Public School in Toronto (school named after him)
引用
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Let me have a scarlet maple For the grave-tree at my head, With the quiet sun behind it, In the years when I am dead.
出典: Poem 'The Grave-Tree' (from By the Aurelian Wall) (1898年)
豆知識
- 'Bliss' was his mother's maiden name and became the name he used publicly.
- Regarded as one of the Confederation Poets and later celebrated as Canada's poet laureate.
- Political figures intervened posthumously to return his ashes to Fredericton.