PEN Award for Poetry in Translation
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1996) Winner
Guy Davenport
ガイ・デイヴァンポート
Guy Davenport
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1927-11-23 （Anderson, South Carolina, U.S.）
- Died
- 2005-01-04 （Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.） age 77
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Anderson, South Carolina → Oxford, England → St. Louis, Missouri → Haverford, Pennsylvania → Lexington, Kentucky
Career
- Occupations
- writer, translator, illustrator, painter, critic, editor, professor
- Active Years
- 1947-2005
- Affiliations
- Washington University in St. Louis, Haverford College, University of Kentucky
- Memberships
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Influenced By
- Ezra Pound, Harry Levin, James Joyce
- Influenced
- Students and subsequent short-story writers and essayists influenced by his collage prose and criticism
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University | — | Classics and English literature | BA (summa cum laude) | 1944–1947 | United States |
| Merton College, Oxford | — | Old English | B.Litt. | 1948–1950 | United Kingdom |
| Harvard University | — | English | PhD (取得年不確定) | 1955–(取得年不明) | United States |
Duke University
Classics and English literature
Degree:
BA (summa cum laude)
Period:
1944–1947
Year of Graduation:
1947
Country:
United States
Elected to Phi Beta Kappa while an undergraduate
Merton College, Oxford
Old English
Degree:
B.Litt.
Period:
1948–1950
Year of Graduation:
1950
Country:
United Kingdom
Studied under notable scholars; thesis on James Joyce
Harvard University
English
Degree:
PhD (取得年不確定)
Period:
1955–(取得年不明)
Country:
United States
Studied under Harry Levin and Archibald MacLeish
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Rhodes Scholarship | — | — | Rhodes Trust | 受賞 |
| 1990 | MacArthur Fellowship | — | — | John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1996 | PEN Award for Poetry in Translation | The Logia of Yeshua (translation, with Benjamin Urrutia) | — | PEN America | 受賞 |
Rhodes Scholarship
1948
Organization:
Rhodes Trust
Result:
受賞
MacArthur Fellowship
1990
Organization:
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Result:
受賞
PEN Award for Poetry in Translation
1996
Work:
The Logia of Yeshua (translation, with Benjamin Urrutia)
Organization:
PEN America
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Tatlin!: Six Stories
1974 Short fiction / experimentalA collection of short stories that fictionalize historical figures and events, often combining images and text in collage-like experiments.
fictionalizing historyfusion of visual art and prosemodernism
Da Vinci's Bicycle: Ten Stories
1979 Short fiction / historical fictionStories based on historical figures such as Leonardo da Vinci; some pieces include Davenport's illustrations.
artist imaginationinvention and creativity
Apples and Pears and Other Stories
1984 Short fictionA collection of short pieces employing collage techniques; some editions include Davenport's own illustrations.
fragmentationvisual and textual interplay
The Jules Verne Steam Balloon: Nine Stories
1987 Short fictionA group of stories drawing on Jules Verne and other historical fragments, characterized by experimental narration.
science and imaginationhistorical fragments
The Death of Picasso: New and Selected Writing
2003 Essays and short fiction (selected)A selected volume of essays and stories including late-career pieces and some previously uncollected work.
art criticismwriterly reflection
7 Greeks
1995 Translations / ClassicsA collected revision of translations of archaic Greek lyric poets and fragments.
classical translationlyric fragments
The Geography of the Imagination: Forty Essays
1981 Criticism / EssaysAn essay collection crossing literature, art, and culture, exploring the geography of imagination.
literary criticismvisual culture
Bibliography
- Tatlin!: Six Stories
- Da Vinci's Bicycle: Ten Stories
- Apples and Pears and Other Stories
- The Jules Verne Steam Balloon: Nine Stories
- The Death of Picasso: New and Selected Writing
- 7 Greeks
- The Geography of the Imagination: Forty Essays
- The Logia of Yeshua (translation, with Benjamin Urrutia)
Translations by Author
- Sappho: Songs and Fragments (translation)
- Archilochus, Herakleitos, etc. (translations of ancient Greek poets)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- fragmentary, collage-like proseexperimental prose incorporating visual elementsstyle positioned between modernism and postmodernism
- Recurring Motifs
- classical references (especially Greek lyric poetry)artists and artworkscities and the transformation of landscapes by the automobilememory and fragments of history
Health
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lung cancer不明（晩年）Impaired health in later years; died of lung cancer in 2005.
Legacy
Guy Davenport was a writer, translator, and visual artist whose collage-like, fragmentary prose influenced later writers and critics. He garnered both scholarly respect and a devoted following, and is well regarded for his translations and art criticism.
Academic Societies
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Archives
- University of Kentucky Special Collections (papers and archives)
Quotes
-
I live almost exclusively off fried baloney, Campbell's soup, and Snickers bars.
Source: The Geography of the Imagination (essay) (1981)
Trivia
- He never had a driver's license and rarely drove.
- Died of lung cancer in 2005.
- Maintained a long friendship and visits with Ezra Pound during Pound's later years.
- In 1965 he prepared a limited edition printing of Pound's Canto CX.
- Dedicated several volumes to his companion Bonnie Jean Cox.