New Criterion Poetry Prize
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Edition 13 (2013) Winner
Dick Allen (Richard Stanley Allen)
ディック・アレン（リチャード・スタンリー・アレン）
Dick Allen
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1939-08-08 （Troy, New York）
- Died
- 2017-12-26 （Bridgeport, Connecticut） age 78
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Troy (birthplace) → Syracuse (education) → Providence (Brown University) → Dayton (Wright State University) → Bridgeport (University of Bridgeport; place of death)
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Literary critic, Academic
- Active Years
- 1961-2017
- Affiliations
- Wright State University, University of Bridgeport (Charles A. Dana Endowed Chair Professor), Brown University (teaching assistant)
- Influenced By
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, A.E. Housman, Ben Jonson, Robert Frost
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syracuse University | — | College of Liberal Arts | A.B. | — | United States |
| Brown University | — | Graduate School | M.A. | — | United States |
Syracuse University
College of Liberal Arts
Degree:
A.B.
Year of Graduation:
1961
Country:
United States
Brown University
Graduate School
Degree:
M.A.
Year of Graduation:
1964
Country:
United States
Undertook two years of post-Masters work
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Robert Frost Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Hart Crane Poetry Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Pushcart Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2013 | New Criterion Poetry Prize | This Shadowy Place | — | The New Criterion | 受賞 |
| 1984 | National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry - Finalist | Overnight in the Guest House of the Mystic | — | National Book Critics Circle | ファイナリスト |
| — | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | フェローシップ |
| — | Ingram Merrill Foundation Fellowship | — | — | Ingram Merrill Foundation | フェローシップ |
Robert Frost Prize
Result:
受賞
Hart Crane Poetry Prize
Result:
受賞
Pushcart Prize
Result:
受賞
New Criterion Poetry Prize
2013
Work:
This Shadowy Place
Organization:
The New Criterion
Result:
受賞
National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry - Finalist
1984
Work:
Overnight in the Guest House of the Mystic
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
ファイナリスト
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
フェローシップ
Ingram Merrill Foundation Fellowship
Organization:
Ingram Merrill Foundation
Result:
フェローシップ
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Anon, and various time machine poems
1971 PoetryEarly collection exploring time, memory, and personal recollection.
timememorypersonal recollection
Regions With No Proper Names
1975 PoetryA collection centered on place, landscape, and the memory of locales.
landscapememory of placeloss
Overnight in the Guest House of the Mystic
1984 PoetryContains mystical and meditative poems; was a finalist for the 1984 National Book Critics Circle Award.
mysticismmeditationreligious imagination
Flight and Pursuit
1987 PoetryPoems about movement and pursuit, combining formal technique with narrative elements.
travelpursuitformalism
Ode to the Cold War: Poems New and Selected
1997 Poetry (selected and new poems)Selected and new poems addressing the Cold War and other recurring concerns.
historypoliticsmemory
The Day Before: New Poems
2003 PoetryA volume of later new poems juxtaposing recollection and the present.
recollectionpresenttime
Present Vanishing
2008 PoetryExplores vanishing and presence, marked by formal craft and meditative voice.
vanishingpresencemeditation
This Shadowy Place
2014 PoetryA recent collection; associated with winning The New Criterion Poetry Prize (2013).
shadowmemoryintrospection
Zen Master Poems
2016 Poetry (Zen-themed)Zen-influenced poems notable for concise form; includes late works.
Zenconcisionspirituality
Bibliography
- Anon, and various time machine poems
- Regions With No Proper Names
- Overnight in the Guest House of the Mystic
- Flight and Pursuit
- Ode to the Cold War: Poems New and Selected
- The Day Before: New Poems
- Present Vanishing
- This Shadowy Place
- Zen Master Poems
Adaptations
- Poem "Solace" set to music by composer William Bolcom
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- formally skilled versemeditative, measured voiceinfluenced by the Expansive Poetry movement
- Recurring Motifs
- nature and landscapememory and timedeath and lossZen moments
Health
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Heart attack2017Died of a heart attack in 2017
Legacy
Dick Allen was known for combining formal craft with meditative subjects, was a founder of the Expansive Poetry movement, and served as Connecticut's poet laureate. His work appeared in major journals and influenced later formalist and meditative poets.
In Popular Culture
- The poem "Solace" was set to music by William Bolcom as a tribute to the Sandy Hook victims
Trivia
- His poems were included in multiple volumes of The Best American Poetry (1991, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2006).
- Wrote the poem "Solace" in remembrance of the Sandy Hook victims; it was set to music by William Bolcom.