Lorne Pierce Medal
1 appearances
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Edition 43 (1976) Winner
Douglas LePan
ダグラス・レパン
Dōglasu Repan
Aliases:
Douglas Valentine LePan
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1914-05-25 （Toronto, Ontario）
- Died
- 1998-11-27 age 84
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Toronto, Ontario → London → Washington, D.C. → Ottawa → Kingston, Ontario
Career
- Occupations
- diplomat, poet, novelist, professor of literature
- Active Years
- 1946-1998
- Affiliations
- Department of External Affairs, Canadian High Commission
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- Influenced By
- T.S. Eliot, John Maynard Keynes
- Influenced
- Michael Ondaatje
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Toronto | — | Faculty of Arts | — | — | Canada |
| Harvard University | — | — | — | 1930年代後半 | United States |
| Merton College, Oxford | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
University of Toronto
Faculty of Arts
Country:
Canada
Educated at
Harvard University
Period:
1930年代後半
Country:
United States
Taught briefly in the late 1930s
Merton College, Oxford
Country:
United Kingdom
Educated at
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Governor General's Award | The Net and the Sword | 詩集 | Governor General of Canada | 受賞 |
| 1964 | Governor General's Award | The Deserter | 小説 | Governor General of Canada | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Order of Canada | — | OC | Governor General of Canada | 受賞 |
| 1948 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | Guggenheim Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1976 | Lorne Pierce Medal | — | — | Royal Society of Canada | 受賞 |
Governor General's Award
1953
Work:
The Net and the Sword
Category:
詩集
Organization:
Governor General of Canada
Result:
受賞
Governor General's Award
1964
Work:
The Deserter
Category:
小説
Organization:
Governor General of Canada
Result:
受賞
Order of Canada
1998
Category:
OC
Organization:
Governor General of Canada
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
1948
Organization:
Guggenheim Foundation
Result:
受賞
Lorne Pierce Medal
1976
Organization:
Royal Society of Canada
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Net and the Sword
1953 PoetryPoetry inspired by wartime experiences
WarItalian Campaign
The Deserter
1964 NovelNovel inspired by Canadian Army experience in Italy
WarDesertion
The Wounded Prince
1948 PoetryFar Voyages
1990 PoetryVolume largely composed of gay love poetry
HomosexualityNature
Bibliography
- The Wounded Prince (1948)
- The Net and the Sword (1953)
- The Deserter (1964)
- Bright Glass of Memory (1979)
- Something Still To Find (1982)
- Weathering It: Complete Poems 1948-1987 (1987)
- Far Voyages (1990)
- Macalister, or Dying in the Dark (1995)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- LyricalWar poetryNature imageryHomoerotic undertones
- Recurring Motifs
- Memories of warFusion of nature and passionHomosexualityGeorgian Bay landscapes
Legacy
Prominent Canadian poet, diplomat, and professor. One of few to win Governor General's Award for both poetry and fiction. Known for war poetry and love poems.
Academic Societies
- Royal Society of Canada
Archives
- University of Toronto Archives
In Popular Culture
- Included in anthologies like The Norton Anthology of Poetry
Trivia
- Controversial win over Margaret Laurence's The Stone Angel
- Married in 1948, separated 1971 due to sexual orientation issues