National Poetry Series
1 appearances
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Edition 20 (1998) Winner
Harry Humes
ハリー・ヒュームズ
Harii Hyūmuzu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1935-06-05 （Girardville, Pennsylvania, U.S.）
- Died
- 2025-04-04 （Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.） age 89
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Girardville, Pennsylvania, U.S. → Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. (studied) → Kutztown, Pennsylvania, U.S. (taught) → Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. (later life / died)
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Short-story writer, Professor, Editor
- Active Years
- 1958-2025
- Affiliations
- Kutztown University of Pennsylvania (faculty)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomsburg State College (now Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania) | — | — | Bachelor of Arts | 〜1964 | United States |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro | — | — | Master of Fine Arts | 〜1967 | United States |
Bloomsburg State College (now Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania)
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Period:
〜1964
Year of Graduation:
1964
Country:
United States
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Degree:
Master of Fine Arts
Period:
〜1967
Year of Graduation:
1967
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Devins Award | — | — | University of Missouri Press | 受賞 |
| — | Theodore Roethke Poetry Prize | — | — | Poetry Northwest (journal) | 受賞 |
| 1998 | National Poetry Series | Butterfly Effect | — | National Poetry Series | 受賞 |
| 1990 | National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | 受賞（フェローシップ） |
| — | Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grants | — | — | Pennsylvania Council on the Arts | 助成 |
| 2007 | Keystone Chapbook Competition | Underground Singing | — | Keystone Chapbook Competition | 受賞 |
Devins Award
Organization:
University of Missouri Press
Result:
受賞
Theodore Roethke Poetry Prize
Organization:
Poetry Northwest (journal)
Result:
受賞
National Poetry Series
1998
Work:
Butterfly Effect
Organization:
National Poetry Series
Result:
受賞
National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship
1990
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
受賞（フェローシップ）
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grants
Organization:
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
Result:
助成
Keystone Chapbook Competition
2007
Work:
Underground Singing
Organization:
Keystone Chapbook Competition
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Winter Weeds
1983 PoetryEarly collection focusing on nature and small-town life with precise imagery.
Nature imagerySmall-town lifeSeasons
Butterfly Effect
1999 PoetryCollection selected in the National Poetry Series (1998); known for expanding ordinary details into resonant poems.
Everyday detailMemoryCause and effect
Bottomland
1995 PoetryPoems that observe human life and nature through images of wetlands and lowlands.
LandscapeLaborMemory
Ridge Music
1987 PoetryCollection including poems themed around ridges and the resonances of landscape.
TopographySounds of natureNostalgia
August Evening with Trumpet
2004 PoetryMid-late career collection weaving summer evenings with musical imagery.
MusicSeasonsReminiscence
Underground Singing
2007 Chapbook (Poetry)A short-format chapbook collection; winner of the Keystone Chapbook Competition.
Short poemsCoal-town memory
Bibliography
- Winter Weeds
- Robbing the Pillars
- Throwing away the compass: poems
- Ridge Music
- Way Winter Works
- Evening in the small park
- Bottomland
- Gorse Cottage Poems
- Butterfly Effect
- August Evening with Trumpet
- Tent sleep: poems
- Pennsylvania Coal Town: The Girardville Poems
- Underground Singing
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Realist poetry with meticulous nature imageryConcise, potent language that probes everyday detail
- Recurring Motifs
- Coal-town memoryNature and seasonsWork and everyday life
Legacy
Known for poems depicting regional landscapes and working-class life; influenced students through long academic career and editorial work. Recognized by the National Poetry Series and other honors.
Trivia
- Served in the United States Army in 1958.
- Taught at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania from 1968 to 1999.
- 'Butterfly Effect' was selected in the National Poetry Series (1998).
- Died April 4, 2025, at age 89.