Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1997) Winner
Campbell McGrath
キャンベル・マクグラス
Campbell McGrath
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1962-01-26 （Chicago, Illinois, USA）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Washington, D.C., USA → Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Professor
- Active Years
- 1987-
- Affiliations
- Florida International University
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago | — | English | B.A. | 1980-1984 | United States |
| Columbia University | — | Creative Writing (MFA) | MFA | 1986-1988 | United States |
University of Chicago
English
Degree:
B.A.
Period:
1980-1984
Year of Graduation:
1984
Country:
United States
Columbia University
Creative Writing (MFA)
Degree:
MFA
Period:
1986-1988
Year of Graduation:
1988
Country:
United States
Attended creative writing program
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award | Spring Comes to Chicago | — | Kingsley Tufts Award Committee | 受賞 |
| — | Pushcart Prize | — | — | Pushcart Press | 受賞 |
| — | Academy of American Poets Prize | — | — | Academy of American Poets | 受賞 |
| — | Ploughshares Cohen Award | — | — | Ploughshares | 受賞 |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| — | Witter Bynner Fellowship | — | — | Library of Congress | 受賞 |
| — | MacArthur Fellowship ("Genius Award") | — | — | MacArthur Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2011 | United States Artists Fellowship | — | — | United States Artists | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Pulitzer Prize in Poetry | XX: Poems for the Twentieth Century | — | Pulitzer Prize Board | ファイナリスト |
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
Work:
Spring Comes to Chicago
Organization:
Kingsley Tufts Award Committee
Result:
受賞
Pushcart Prize
Organization:
Pushcart Press
Result:
受賞
Academy of American Poets Prize
Organization:
Academy of American Poets
Result:
受賞
Ploughshares Cohen Award
Organization:
Ploughshares
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Witter Bynner Fellowship
Organization:
Library of Congress
Result:
受賞
MacArthur Fellowship ("Genius Award")
Organization:
MacArthur Foundation
Result:
受賞
United States Artists Fellowship
2011
Organization:
United States Artists
Result:
受賞
Pulitzer Prize in Poetry
2017
Work:
XX: Poems for the Twentieth Century
Organization:
Pulitzer Prize Board
Result:
ファイナリスト
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Dust
1987 Poetry collectionEarly collection including poems about urban life and personal memory.
citymemory
Capitalism
1990 Poetry collectionA collection addressing capitalism and contemporary society.
economycontemporary society
American Noise
1993 Poetry collectionPoems depicting the noise and landscapes of American culture.
American cultureurban landscapes
Spring Comes to Chicago
1996 Poetry collectionA collection centered on Chicago; critically acclaimed and recipient of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award.
Chicagourban renewal
Road Atlas
1999 Poetry collectionPoems written from the perspective of traveling across various parts of America.
travelAmerican landscapes
Seven Notebooks
2008 Poetry collectionA work structured in seven notebooks, weaving everyday life and history.
recordhistory
Shannon: A Poem of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
2009 Epic / narrative poemAn epic poem drawing on the Lewis and Clark expedition, layering historical and contemporary perspectives.
historyexploration
In the Kingdom of the Sea Monkeys
2012 Poetry collectionA collection that includes humorous and allegorical poems.
allegoryhumor
XX: Poems for the Twentieth Century
2016 Poetry collection (historical poems)A sequence of poems about 20th-century events and figures; shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize.
20th centuryhistorical figures
Nouns & Verbs: New and Selected Poems
2019 Poetry collectionAn anthology combining new poems with selected earlier work.
selected worksretrospective
Fever of Unknown Origin: Poems
2023 Poetry collectionA recent collection encompassing personal and social themes.
personalsocial
Bibliography
- Dust (1987)
- Capitalism (1990)
- American Noise (1993)
- Spring Comes to Chicago (1996)
- Road Atlas (1999)
- Mangrovia (chapbook, 2001)
- Florida Poems (2002)
- Pax Atomica (2004)
- Heart of Anthracite: New & Collected Prose Poems (year unknown)
- Seven Notebooks (2008)
- Shannon: A Poem of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (2009)
- The Custodian & Other Poems (chapbook, 2011)
- In the Kingdom of the Sea Monkeys (2012)
- XX: Poems For The Twentieth Century (2016)
- Nouns & Verbs: New and Selected Poems (2019)
- Fever of Unknown Origin: Poems (2023)
Adaptations
- The Autobiography of Edvard Munch (play, produced by Concrete Gothic Theater, Chicago, 1983)
- Transcending Time (libretto for Orlando Garcia's experimental video opera, premiered 2009)
- 14 Views of Miami (video/poetry collaboration with John Stuart, premiered 2008)
Translations by Author
- Translation of Aristophanes' The Wasps for the Penn Greek Drama Series
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- narrativeprose-poetic elementscontemporary poetry
- Recurring Motifs
- American cities and landscapeshistorical figures and eventsmemory and personal recollection
Legacy
Campbell McGrath is a prominent contemporary American poet, acclaimed for narrative works about cities and history. He has also had significant influence as a teacher of young poets.
Academic Societies
- Academy of American Poets (associated)
- United States Artists (fellowship affiliation)
Trivia
- In the early 1980s, while at the University of Chicago, he was a member of the punk band Men From The Manly Planet.
- He teaches at Florida International University and has mentored poets such as Richard Blanco.
- Married to Elizabeth Lichtenstein; they have two sons.
- Finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for XX: Poems for the Twentieth Century.