Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (2000) Winner
Eleanor Ross Taylor
エレノア・ロス・テイラー
Eleanor Ross Taylor
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1920-06-30 （Norwood, North Carolina, U.S.）
- Died
- 2011-12-30 （Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.） age 91
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. → Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, High school English teacher (early career)
- Active Years
- 1960-2011
- Memberships
- Fellowship of Southern Writers
- Influenced By
- Allen Tate, Caroline Gordon, Randall Jarrell, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Emily Dickinson, Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now University of North Carolina at Greensboro) | — | English | BA | 1936–1940 | United States |
| Vanderbilt University (graduate work) | — | Poetry/English (graduate) | — | 1942–1943 | United States |
Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
English
Degree:
BA
Period:
1936–1940
Year of Graduation:
1940
Country:
United States
Studied with Allen Tate and Caroline Gordon.
Vanderbilt University (graduate work)
Poetry/English (graduate)
Period:
1942–1943
Country:
United States
Did graduate work with Donald Davidson; records do not clearly indicate degree completion. Met Peter Taylor in 1943.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Shelley Memorial Award | — | — | Poetry Society of America | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry | — | — | Aiken Taylor Award (sponsoring organization) | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Carole Weinstein Poetry Prize | — | — | Carole Weinstein Prize (awarding organization) | 受賞 |
| 2010 | William Carlos Williams Award | Captive Voices: New and Selected Poems, 1960–2008 | — | Poetry Society of America | 受賞（小出版社・大学出版の最優秀詩集） |
| 2010 | Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize | — | — | Poetry Foundation | 受賞（生涯功労賞、賞金$100,000） |
Shelley Memorial Award
1998
Organization:
Poetry Society of America
Result:
受賞
Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry
2000
Organization:
Aiken Taylor Award (sponsoring organization)
Result:
受賞
Carole Weinstein Poetry Prize
2009
Organization:
Carole Weinstein Prize (awarding organization)
Result:
受賞
William Carlos Williams Award
2010
Work:
Captive Voices: New and Selected Poems, 1960–2008
Organization:
Poetry Society of America
Result:
受賞（小出版社・大学出版の最優秀詩集）
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
2010
Organization:
Poetry Foundation
Result:
受賞（生涯功労賞、賞金$100,000）
Awards & Nominations
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 25 (2010) Winner
Works
Major Works
Wilderness of Ladies
1960 PoetryHer first collection, with an introduction by Randall Jarrell, showing Taylor's early restrained voice and keen observations.
Women's experienceSouthern landscapeMemory
Welcome Eumenides
1972 PoetryHer second collection with a foreword by Richard Howard; deepens themes of women's conflicts and intellectual concerns.
Women's conflictsIntellect and feeling
New and Selected Poems
1983 PoetryA selected volume published by a small press with limited distribution, demonstrating continuity in her poetics.
FragmentationReminiscence
Days Going/Days Coming Back
1991 PoetryPublished in 1991 by University of Utah Press; selected by Dave Smith for the press's poetry series.
Passage of timeLoss and recovery
Late Leisure: Poems
1999 PoetryA late-career collection published by Louisiana State University Press that contributed to growing critical recognition.
MaturitySouthern memory
Captive Voices: New and Selected Poems, 1960–2008
2009 Poetry (new and selected)A 2009 new-and-selected volume that helped cement her late-career reputation and led to awards such as the William Carlos Williams Award.
LossSouthern voicesMemory and observation
Bibliography
- Wilderness of Ladies (1960)
- Welcome Eumenides (1972)
- New and Selected Poems (1983)
- Days Going/Days Coming Back (1991)
- Late Leisure: Poems (1999)
- Captive Voices: New and Selected Poems, 1960–2008 (2009)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Condensed style influenced by modernismShort, sharp linesUse of fragmentation and erasure
- Recurring Motifs
- Southern landscape and cultureWomen's experienceMemory and lossInterior silence and voice
Legacy
Her lifelong body of poetry received broader recognition late in life, earning major awards and securing her reputation as an important southern female voice in contemporary poetry.
Academic Societies
- Fellowship of Southern Writers
Archives
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro: Finding aid for the Eleanor Ross Taylor Papers
Quotes
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I cannot imagine the serious reader — poet or not — who could leave Captive Voices unmoved by the work of this supremely gifted poet who skips so nimbly around our sadnesses and fears, never directly addressing them, suggesting, instead, their complex resistance to summary.
Source: Kevin Prufer (review excerpt associated with National Book Critics Circle, 2010) (2010)
Trivia
- She received little wide recognition for many years but won several major poetry prizes around age 90, leading to a rapid rise in late-life acclaim.
- Her 2010 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize carried an award of $100,000.