Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 24 (2009) Winner
Fanny Howe
ファニー・ハウ
Fanny Howe
Aliases:
Fanny Quincy Howe
Pen Names:
Della Field（Used for 1960s nurse novels）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1940-10-15 （Buffalo, New York）
- Died
- 2025-07-08 （Lincoln, Massachusetts） age 84
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Residence History
- Cambridge, Massachusetts → Lincoln, Massachusetts → San Diego, California
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Novelist, Short story writer, Professor
- Active Years
- 1963-2025
- Affiliations
- University of California, San Diego
- Influenced By
- Edith Stein, Simone Weil
- Influenced
- Susan Howe
- Nominations
- 2015 International Booker Prize finalist
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford University | — | — | — | 3年間 | United States |
Stanford University
Period:
3年間
Country:
United States
Attended for three years, did not graduate
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize | Selected Poems | 詩集 | Academy of American Poets | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize | — | — | Poetry Foundation | 受賞 |
| — | Gold Medal for Poetry | — | — | Commonwealth Club of California | 受賞 |
Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
2001
Work:
Selected Poems
Category:
詩集
Organization:
Academy of American Poets
Result:
受賞
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
2009
Organization:
Poetry Foundation
Result:
受賞
Gold Medal for Poetry
Organization:
Commonwealth Club of California
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
One Crossed Out
1997 PoetryExplores the exchange between matter and spirit
Matter and spiritSufferingSeeking
Gone
2003 PoetryPoems dealing with disappearance and existence
DisappearanceExistence
Second Childhood
2014 PoetryPoems on second childhood
ChildhoodRegression
Nod
1998 NovelExperimental novel
IdentityFaith
The Deep North
1988 NovelStory of the deep north
IsolationExploration
Indivisible
2000 NovelDepicts indivisible existence
UnityDivision
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Fierce and passionateSparseExperimental
- Recurring Motifs
- SufferingSeekingFaithMatter and spirit
Legacy
Key figure in contemporary American poetry and fiction, exploring spirituality and social issues after converting to Catholicism.
Archives
- Fanny Howe Papers
Trivia
- Daughter of Mark DeWolfe Howe and Mary Manning; sister to poet Susan Howe.
- Converted to Catholicism at age 40.
- Married civil rights activist Carl Senna, had three children including Danzy Senna.