Hawthornden Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 36 (1968) Winner
Geoffrey Hill
ジェフリー・ヒル
Jefurī Hiru
Aliases:
Geoffrey William Hill / Sir Geoffrey Hill
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1932-06-18 （Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England）
- Died
- 2016-06-30 （Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England） age 84
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Christian
- Residence History
- Bromsgrove, Worcestershire → Fairfield, Worcestershire → Oxford → Leeds → Bristol → Cambridge, England → Boston, USA
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Writer, Professor of English Literature
- Active Years
- 1952-2016
- Affiliations
- University of Leeds, University of Oxford, Boston University, Emmanuel College, Cambridge
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Influenced By
- Oscar Williams
- Influenced
- Seamus Heaney
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keble College, University of Oxford | Faculty of English | English | Bachelor's degree (First Class) | 1950-1953 | United Kingdom |
Keble College, University of Oxford
Faculty of English
/ English
Degree:
Bachelor's degree (First Class)
Period:
1950-1953
Year of Graduation:
1953
Country:
United Kingdom
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Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism | Collected Critical Writings | — | University of Iowa | 受賞 |
| 1971 | Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize | Mercian Hymns | — | :null | 受賞 |
| 1971 | Whitbread Award for Poetry | Mercian Hymns | — | :null | 受賞 |
| 1961 | Eric Gregory Award | — | — | :null | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Knight Bachelor | — | — | British Monarchy | 叙勲 |
Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism
2009
Work:
Collected Critical Writings
Organization:
University of Iowa
Result:
受賞
Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize
1971
Work:
Mercian Hymns
Organization:
:null
Result:
受賞
Whitbread Award for Poetry
1971
Work:
Mercian Hymns
Organization:
:null
Result:
受賞
Eric Gregory Award
1961
Organization:
:null
Result:
受賞
Knight Bachelor
2012
Organization:
British Monarchy
Result:
叙勲
Awards & Nominations
Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1971) Winner
Duff Cooper Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 24 (1979) Winner
Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (2009) Winner
Works
Major Works
Mercian Hymns
1971 Poetry30 poems juxtaposing Offa of Mercia with Hill's childhood
HistoryChildhoodEngland
For the Unfallen
1959 PoetryPoems 1952-1958
NatureFaith
King Log
1968 PoetryDense and allusive poetry
PoliticsHistory
Bibliography
- Geoffrey Hill (1952)
- For the Unfallen (1959)
- King Log (1968)
- Mercian Hymns (1971)
- Tenebrae (1978)
- Canaan (1996)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Dense and allusiveDifficultElegiacPhrasal
- Recurring Motifs
- Historical eventsHolocaustEnglish landscapeViolence
Legacy
One of the principal contributors to poetry and criticism in the 20th and 21st centuries, considered the greatest living poet in English.
Archives
- Leeds University Library
Trivia
- As a child, took long walks alone, composing poems muttering to stones and trees.