Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize
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Edition 3 (2001) Winner
Edwin Morgan
エドウィン・モーガン
Edwin Mōgan
Aliases:
Edwin George Morgan
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1920-04-27 （Glasgow, Scotland）
- Died
- 2010-08-19 （Glasgow, Scotland） age 90
- Nationality
- Scottish, British
- Languages
- English, French, Russian, Italian, German
- Religion
- Presbyterianism
- Residence History
- Glasgow, Scotland → Rutherglen, Glasgow
Career
- Occupations
- poet, translator, professor
- Active Years
- 1952-2010
- Affiliations
- University of Glasgow, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE)
- Memberships
- Glasgow Poet Laureate (1999), Scots Makar (2004-2010)
- Influenced By
- Hugh MacDiarmid, Beat poets
- Influenced
- Liz Lochhead, Seamus Heaney
- Nominations
- T. S. Eliot Prize 2007 shortlist
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Glasgow | — | French and Russian | — | 1937-1947 | United Kingdom |
University of Glasgow
French and Russian
Period:
1937-1947
Year of Graduation:
1947
Country:
United Kingdom
Interrupted by WWII service as conscientious objector in Royal Army Medical Corps
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) | — | — | British Government | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2001 | Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize | Phaedra | — | University of Oxford | 受賞 |
| 1983 | Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award | Poems of Thirty Years | — | Saltire Society | 受賞 |
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
1982
Organization:
British Government
Result:
受賞
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry
2000
Result:
受賞
Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize
2001
Work:
Phaedra
Organization:
University of Oxford
Result:
受賞
Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award
1983
Work:
Poems of Thirty Years
Organization:
Saltire Society
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Glasgow Sonnets
1972 poetrySonnets depicting poverty and urban life in Glasgow
urban lifepovertyScotland
Collected Poems
1990 poetryComprehensive collection of his poems
experimental poetrylovescience fiction
Beowulf
1952 translationVerse translation of Beowulf into modern English
epic
Bibliography
- Dies Irae (1952)
- The Second Life (1968)
- From Glasgow to Saturn (1973)
- Collected Poems (1990)
- New Selected Poems (2000)
- A Book of Lives (2007)
Translations by Author
- Beowulf, Phaedra and many others
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concrete poetrysonnetexperimental poetrysound poetrybeat-influenced
- Recurring Motifs
- Glasgow cityscapescience fictionlovepoliticstechnology
Health
-
pneumonia晩年-2010cause of death, cared for in residential home in later life
Legacy
One of the foremost Scottish poets of the 20th century. First Glasgow Poet Laureate and Scots Makar. Established Edwin Morgan Poetry Award
Archives
- The Edwin Morgan Archive at the Scottish Poetry Library
In Popular Culture
- Collaboration with Idlewild on 'Scottish Fiction'
- Contribution to Ballads of the Book
Quotes
-
'Winter'
Source: poetry collection -
'Strawberries'
Source: love poem
Trivia
- Came out as gay in 1990
- Left nearly £1 million to the Scottish National Party in his will
- Last survivor of the canonical 'Big Seven' Scottish poets