Hawthornden Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (1922) Winner
Edmund Charles Blunden
エドマンド・チャールズ・ブランドン
Edomando Chāruzu Burandon
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1896-11-01 （London）
- Died
- 1974-01-20 （Long Melford, England） age 77
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- London, England → Yalding, Kent → Oxford → Tokyo → Hong Kong → Suffolk
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Author, Literary critic, Professor
- Active Years
- 1913-1974
- Affiliations
- University of Tokyo, Merton College, Oxford, University of Hong Kong, University of Oxford
- Memberships
- Royal Society of Literature, Japan Academy (honorary member)
- Influenced By
- Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves, John Clare
- Influenced
- Post-war poets
- Nominations
- Nobel Prize in Literature (nominated 6 times)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christ's Hospital | — | — | — | — | England |
| Queen's College, Oxford | — | English Literature | — | 1919-1920 | England |
Christ's Hospital
Country:
England
Queen's College, Oxford
English Literature
Period:
1919-1920
Country:
England
Left without graduating
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | Military Cross | — | — | British Army | 受賞 |
| 1922 | Hawthornden Prize | The Shepherd, and Other Poems | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1951 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) | — | — | UK Government | 受賞 |
| 1956 | Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1963 | Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd Class | — | — | Government of Japan | 受賞 |
Military Cross
1917
Organization:
British Army
Result:
受賞
Hawthornden Prize
1922
Work:
The Shepherd, and Other Poems
Result:
受賞
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
1951
Organization:
UK Government
Result:
受賞
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry
1956
Result:
受賞
Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd Class
1963
Organization:
Government of Japan
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Undertones of War
1928 War memoirMemoir of his experiences on the Western Front during World War I.
horror of warnaturecomradeship
Cricket Country
1944 Non-fictionEssays celebrating his love of cricket.
cricketpastoral life
Poems 1913 and 1914
1914 PoetryEarly collection of poems.
natureyouth
Poems on Japan
1967 PoetryPoems inspired by Japan.
JapanOrient
Bibliography
- Poems 1913 and 1914
- Undertones of War
- The Shepherd, and Other Poems of Peace and War
- Cricket Country
- Poems on Japan
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- traditional metrical versepastoral styleelegant criticism
- Recurring Motifs
- World War IEnglish countrysidecricketJapanese culture
Health
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Gas poisoning1917年Survived without physical injury but bore mental scars lifelong
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PTSD1914-1918年以降Mental anguish from war experiences
Legacy
One of the leading poets of World War I. Academic in Tokyo and Hong Kong, later Oxford Professor of Poetry. Nominated for Nobel six times. Renowned cricket enthusiast.
Archives
- Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas
- Oxford University
- Leeds University Library
In Popular Culture
- Commemorated on slate stone in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey
Trivia
- Fanatical cricket lover who batted without gloves.
- Composed anthem for Tokyo University RFC.
- Jokingly attributed survival in war to his small size.