Bollingen Prize for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 26 (1977) Winner
David Ignatow
デイヴィッド・イグナトウ
David Ignatow
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1914-02-07 （Brooklyn, New York City, United States）
- Died
- 1997-11-17 （East Hampton, New York, United States） age 83
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Brooklyn, New York City (birth and early life) → New York City area (spent most of his life) → East Hampton, New York (final residence)
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Editor, Teacher
- Active Years
- 1934-1997
- Affiliations
- Poetry Society of America (president 1980–1984), The Nation (poetry editor), American Poetry Review (editor), Beloit Poetry Journal (editor), New School for Social Research (faculty), University of Kentucky (faculty), University of Kansas (faculty), Vassar College (faculty), York College, CUNY (faculty), New York University (faculty), Columbia University (faculty)
- Memberships
- Poetry Society of America
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Bollingen Prize | — | — | Bollingen Prize committee | 受賞 |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞（複数回） |
| — | John Steinbeck Award | — | — | John Steinbeck Award organization | 受賞 |
| — | National Institute of Arts and Letters award | — | — | National Institute of Arts and Letters | 受賞（生涯功労） |
| 1966 | Shelley Memorial Award | — | — | Poetry Society of America | 受賞 |
| 1992 | Frost Medal | — | — | Poetry Society of America | 受賞 |
| 1997 | William Carlos Williams Award | — | — | Poetry Society of America | 受賞 |
Bollingen Prize
Organization:
Bollingen Prize committee
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞（複数回）
John Steinbeck Award
Organization:
John Steinbeck Award organization
Result:
受賞
National Institute of Arts and Letters award
Organization:
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞（生涯功労）
Shelley Memorial Award
1966
Organization:
Poetry Society of America
Result:
受賞
Frost Medal
1992
Organization:
Poetry Society of America
Result:
受賞
William Carlos Williams Award
1997
Organization:
Poetry Society of America
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 2 (1992) Winner
Works
Major Works
Poems
1948 PoetryAn early collection showing Ignatow's straightforward and direct poetic voice.
everyday lifehuman conditionmemory
The Gentle Weightlifter
1955 PoetryA collection that uses metaphor and observation to depict everyday strength and fragility.
strength and vulnerabilityworkindividual dignity
Figures of the Human
1964 PoetryMature poems focusing on human figures and relationships.
human relationshipsexistenceobservation
Rescue the Dead
1968 PoetryA collection dealing with memory and loss, exploring personal and universal grief.
memorylosstime
Against the Evidence: Selected Poems, 1934–1994
1994 PoetryA selected collection spanning sixty years, showing Ignatow's evolution and consistency.
views on lifeobservations of the everydaytime and memory
Bibliography
- Poems (Decker Press, 1948)
- The Gentle Weightlifter (1955)
- Say Pardon (1962)
- Figures of the Human (1964)
- Earth Hard: Selected Poems (1968)
- Rescue the Dead (1968)
- Poems: 1934–1969 (1970)
- Selected Poems (1975)
- Facing the Tree (1975)
- Tread the Dark (1978)
- Sunlight (1979)
- Conversations (1980)
- Whisper to the Earth (1981)
- Leaving the Door Open (1984)
- New and Collected Poems, 1970–1985 (1986)
- If We Knew (1991)
- Shadowing the Ground (1991)
- Despite the Plainness of the Day: Love Poems (1991)
- Against the Evidence: Selected Poems, 1934–1994 (1994)
- The End Game and Other Stories (1996)
- I Have a Name (1996)
- At My Ease: Uncollected Poems of the Fifties and Sixties (1998)
- Living Is What I Wanted: Last Poems (BOA Editions, 1999)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise and direct voicerealism grounded in everyday observationrestrained yet powerful imagery
- Recurring Motifs
- everyday lifework and livelihoodmemory and time
Legacy
David Ignatow is regarded as one of the notable American poets of the 20th century, praised for his concise, direct style and human insights drawn from everyday observation. He received numerous awards and his papers are preserved in several university archives.
Museums
- University of California, San Diego Special Collections (Ignatow Papers) San Diego, California, United States
- Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (David Ignatow collection) Atlanta, Georgia, United States (Emory University)
- University of Rochester Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation (Ignatow Graubart Papers) Rochester, New York, United States
Academic Societies
- Poetry Society of America
Archives
- University of California, San Diego (Ignatow Papers)
- Emory University (David Ignatow collection)
- University of Rochester (Ignatow Graubart Papers)
Trivia
- His parents were Jewish immigrants from Austria-Hungary and Ukraine.
- He served as president of the Poetry Society of America from 1980 to 1984.
- His papers and manuscripts are held by several university archives (UCSD, Emory, Rochester).