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第4回（1996年） Winner
Deborah Digges
デボラ・ディゲス
Deborah Digges
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1950-02-06 （Jefferson City, Missouri, US）
- 死没
- 2009-04-10 （Amherst, Massachusetts, US） 59歳
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Jefferson City, Missouri (birth) → Riverside, California (studies) → Missouri (graduate studies) → Iowa (Iowa Writers' Workshop) → New York (teaching) → Amherst, Massachusetts (final residence; death)
経歴
- 職業
- poet, writer, teacher
- 活動期間
- 1976年〜2009年
- 所属
- New York University (faculty), Boston University (faculty), Columbia University (faculty), Tufts University (faculty)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, Riverside | College of Arts & Humanities | English / Poetry | B.A. | 1972–1976 | United States |
| University of Missouri | Graduate School | English | M.A. | 1980–1982 | United States |
| Iowa Writers' Workshop (University of Iowa) | Creative Writing Program | Poetry | M.F.A. | 1982–1984 | United States |
University of California, Riverside
College of Arts & Humanities
/ English / Poetry
学位:
B.A.
期間:
1972–1976
卒業年:
1976
国:
United States
University of Missouri
Graduate School
/ English
学位:
M.A.
期間:
1980–1982
卒業年:
1982
国:
United States
Iowa Writers' Workshop (University of Iowa)
Creative Writing Program
/ Poetry
学位:
M.F.A.
期間:
1982–1984
卒業年:
1984
国:
United States
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Delmore Schwartz Memorial Prize | Vesper Sparrows | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1985 | Ingram-Merrill Award | — | — | Ingram-Merrill Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1987 | National Endowment for the Arts (grant) | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | 助成 |
| 1988 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | 助成（フェローシップ） |
| 1997 | Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award | Rough Music | — | Kingsley Tufts Foundation | 受賞 |
| — | Pushcart Prize (two awards) | — | — | Pushcart Press | 受賞 |
Delmore Schwartz Memorial Prize
1986
対象作品:
Vesper Sparrows
結果:
受賞
Ingram-Merrill Award
1985
主催:
Ingram-Merrill Foundation
結果:
受賞
National Endowment for the Arts (grant)
1987
主催:
National Endowment for the Arts
結果:
助成
Guggenheim Fellowship
1988
主催:
John Simon Guggenheim Foundation
結果:
助成（フェローシップ）
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
1997
対象作品:
Rough Music
主催:
Kingsley Tufts Foundation
結果:
受賞
Pushcart Prize (two awards)
主催:
Pushcart Press
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Vesper Sparrows
1986年 PoetryDebut collection of poems exploring nature, loss, and personal memory through evocative imagery.
naturelossmemory
Late In The Millennium
1989年 PoetryA collection addressing cultural shifts and personal history in late-20th-century America.
erapersonal historyculture
Rough Music
1997年 PoetryA critically acclaimed collection dealing with private loss, family, and internal emotional landscapes; winner of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award.
lossfamilyinterior life
Trapeze
2004年 PoetryA mature collection that uses flight and precariousness as recurring metaphors.
flightprecariousnessmetaphor
The Wind Blows Through the Doors of My Heart: Poems
2010年 Poetry (posthumous)Posthumous collection including late and previously unpublished poems.
recollectionfinalitypersonal history
Fugitive Spring
1992年 Memoir / EssaysA memoir with autobiographical elements, depicting upbringing and family.
familycoming-of-agememory
The Stardust Lounge: Stories from a Boy's Adolescence
2001年 Memoir / StoriesA collection of essays/stories based on memories of adolescence, exploring intersections of personal memory and narrative.
adolescencememorynarrativization
Ballad of the Blood / Balada De La Sangre: The Poems of María Elena Cruz
1997年 Translation (Poetry)Deborah Digges' translation of Cuban poet María Elena Cruz's poems.
translationcross-cultural exchangepoetry
全著作
- Vesper Sparrows (1986)
- Late In The Millennium (1989)
- Fugitive Spring (1992)
- Rough Music (1997)
- Ballad of the Blood: The Poems of María Elena Cruz (translation, 1997)
- The Stardust Lounge: Stories from a Boy's Adolescence (2001)
- Trapeze (2004)
- The Wind Blows Through the Doors of My Heart: Poems (posthumous, 2010)
作品の翻訳
- Ballad of the Blood / Balada De La Sangre (English translation of María Elena Cruz's poems)
作風・主題
- 文体
- lyricalconfessional elementsimagistic description
- 頻出モチーフ
- loss and mourningfamily memorynature and landscape
健康
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Cause of death: suicide (fall)2009年（死去）Her death affected reception of her late work and led to posthumous publications and retrospective attention.
評価・遺産
Deborah Digges is regarded as a significant contemporary American poet and memoirist. Her work, often probing personal loss and family history, received critical acclaim and major awards such as the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. Posthumous publications and retrospectives have continued to shape her reputation.
関連学会
- Academy of American Poets (associated)
資料所蔵先
- Correspondence with Gerald Stern (archival collection)
- Tufts University faculty records and related materials
大衆文化への影響
- Obituaries and coverage in major newspapers (The New York Times, LA Times, etc.)
- Recordings of readings and lectures available online
豆知識
- Born Deborah Leah Sugarbaker.
- Won the Delmore Schwartz Memorial Prize for 'Vesper Sparrows'.
- Won the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for 'Rough Music'.
- Translated poems of Cuban poet María Elena Cruz.
- Died in 2009 after a fatal fall at a stadium in Amherst, Massachusetts (reported as suicide).