Pulitzer Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 20 (1936) Winner
Harold L. Davis
ハロルド・エル・デイヴィス
Harorudo Eru Deivisu
Aliases:
Harold Lenoir Davis / H. L. Davis
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1894-10-18 （Nonpareil, Douglas County, Oregon）
- Died
- 1960-10-31 （San Antonio, Texas） age 66
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Nonpareil, Oregon → Roseburg, Oregon → Antelope, Oregon → The Dalles, Oregon → Seattle, Washington → Jalisco, Mexico → Napa, California → San Antonio, Texas
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, poet
- Active Years
- 1919-1960
- Memberships
- Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Dalles High School | — | General | — | 1908-1912 | United States |
The Dalles High School
General
Period:
1908-1912
Year of Graduation:
1912
Country:
United States
High school graduate
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | Levinson Prize | Primapara | 詩 | Poetry Magazine | 受賞 |
| 1932 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1935 | Harper Prize | Honey in the Horn | 最優秀処女作小説 | Harper & Brothers | 受賞 |
| 1936 | Pulitzer Prize for the Novel | Honey in the Horn | — | Columbia University | 受賞 |
Levinson Prize
1919
Work:
Primapara
Category:
詩
Organization:
Poetry Magazine
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
1932
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Harper Prize
1935
Work:
Honey in the Horn
Category:
最優秀処女作小説
Organization:
Harper & Brothers
Result:
受賞
Pulitzer Prize for the Novel
1936
Work:
Honey in the Horn
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Honey in the Horn
1935 NovelA coming-of-age tale set in the early twentieth century about southern Oregon pioneer life.
pioneer lifecoming-of-ageregionalism
Harp of a Thousand Strings
1941 NovelHis second novel.
human drama
Beulah Land
1949 NovelWinds of Morning
1952 NovelBook of the Month Club selection.
The Distant Music
1957 NovelBibliography
- Honey in the Horn (1935)
- Harp of a Thousand Strings (1941)
- Beulah Land (1949)
- Winds of Morning (1952)
- The Distant Music (1957)
- Proud Riders and Other Poems (1942)
- Team Bells Woke Me and Other Stories (1953)
- Kettle of Fire (1957)
- The Selected Poems of H. L. Davis (1978)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- wry, ironic, and cryptic proserealistic storieswithout romantic stereotypes of Western fiction
- Recurring Motifs
- regional themeslandscape as major componentuniversal themes
Health
-
arteriosclerosis1950年代後半left leg amputated, chronic pain, died of heart attack
Legacy
The only native Oregonian to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature. Often considered a regional novelist, but rejected that label, using regional themes in service of the universal. His prose is wry, ironic, cryptic, and realistic, with landscape as a major component.
Archives
- Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin
Trivia
- The only Pulitzer Prize for Literature given to a native Oregonian
- Co-authored the blunt manifesto Status Rerum criticizing Northwest literature