Patrick White Award
1回登壇
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第9回（1982年） Winner
Bruce Beaver
ブルース・ビーバー
Burūsu Bībā
別名:
Bruce Victor Beaver
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1928-02-14 （Manly, New South Wales）
- 死没
- 2004-02-17 76歳
- 国籍
- Australian
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Manly, New South Wales → New Zealand (1958-1962) → Norfolk Island (1958-1962)
経歴
- 職業
- poet, novelist, cow farmer, radio worker, wages clerk, surveyor's labourer, fruit-picker, proof-reader, journalist
- 活動期間
- 1961年〜2004年
- 影響を与えた人物
- Dorothy Porter
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manly Public School | — | — | — | — | Australia |
| Sydney Boys' High School | — | — | — | — | Australia |
Manly Public School
国:
Australia
Sydney Boys' High School
国:
Australia
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Grace Leven Prize for Poetry | Letters to Live Poets | Poetry | — | 受賞 |
| 1982 | Patrick White Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1990 | New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | — | Special Award | — | 受賞 |
| 1991 | Member of the Order of Australia | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1995 | C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry | Anima and Other Poems | Poetry | — | 受賞 |
| 1995 | Wesley Michel Wright Prize | — | Poetry | — | 受賞 |
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry
1970
対象作品:
Letters to Live Poets
部門:
Poetry
結果:
受賞
Patrick White Award
1982
結果:
受賞
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
1990
部門:
Special Award
結果:
受賞
Member of the Order of Australia
1991
結果:
受賞
C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry
1995
対象作品:
Anima and Other Poems
部門:
Poetry
結果:
受賞
Wesley Michel Wright Prize
1995
部門:
Poetry
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Letters to Live Poets
1969年 PoetryA collection of poems in the form of letters to living poets.
WarLife
Anima and Other Poems
1994年 PoetryLate poetry collection.
SpiritNature
全著作
- Under the Bridge (1961)
- Seawall and Shoreline (1964)
- Open at Random (1967)
- Letters to Live Poets (1969)
- Lauds and plaints: poems (1968-1972) (1974)
- Odes and Days (1975)
- Death's Directives (1978)
- Headlands: Prose sketches (1986)
- Charmed Lives (1988)
- New and Selected Poems 1960-1990 (1991)
- Anima and Other Poems (1994)
- Poets and others (1999)
- The Long Game and Other Poems (2005)
作風・主題
- 文体
- pungentdiscursiveferaldisturbingwisefunny
- 頻出モチーフ
- Atomic bombBipolar disorderStruggles of life
健康
-
bipolar disorder生涯Continued writing until near death despite it.
評価・遺産
One of Australia's greatest and most magical poets.
大衆文化への影響
- Named as favorite by Dorothy Porter.
引用
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Bruce Beaver is one of Australia's greatest and most magical poets. I have been carrying his book Charmed Lives (UQP) around in my bag like an amulet. His poetry is pungent, discursive, feral, disturbing, wise and very funny.
出典: Dorothy Porter (2004年)
豆知識
- Wrote his first poem in response to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.