Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 2 (1986) Winner
Hayden Carruth
ヘイデン・キャラース
Hayden Carruth
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1921-08-03 （Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.）
- Died
- 2008-09-29 （Syracuse, New York, U.S.） age 87
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Woodbury, Connecticut (childhood) → Johnson, Vermont (long-term residence) → Munnsville, New York (later residence)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, literary critic, anthologist, professor
- Active Years
- 1943-2008
- Affiliations
- Johnson State College (poet-in-residence; 1972–1974), University of Vermont (adjunct professor; 1975–1978), Syracuse University (Professor of English, graduate creative writing program; 1979–1991), Harper's Magazine (poetry editor; 1977–1988), Poetry magazine (editor-in-chief; 1949–1950)
- Influenced By
- Alexander Pope, Jazz and the blues
- Influenced
- Brooks Haxton, Allen Hoey, Younger poets associated with Syracuse University and Vermont
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | — | — | B.A. | 1939–1943 | United States |
| University of Chicago | — | — | M.A. | 1946–1948 | United States |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Degree:
B.A.
Period:
1939–1943
Year of Graduation:
1943
Country:
United States
University of Chicago
Degree:
M.A.
Period:
1946–1948
Year of Graduation:
1948
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | National Book Critics Circle Award (Collected Shorter Poems) | Collected Shorter Poems | 詩 | National Book Critics Circle | 受賞 |
| 1996 | National Book Award (Poetry) | Scrambled Eggs & Whiskey | 詩 | National Book Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1996 | Lannan Literary Award | — | — | Lannan Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize | — | — | The Poetry Foundation | 受賞 |
| — | Carl Sandburg Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Paterson Poetry Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Vermont Governor's Medal | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞（フェローシップ） |
| — | NEA Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | 受賞（フェローシップ） |
National Book Critics Circle Award (Collected Shorter Poems)
1992
Work:
Collected Shorter Poems
Category:
詩
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
受賞
National Book Award (Poetry)
1996
Work:
Scrambled Eggs & Whiskey
Category:
詩
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
受賞
Lannan Literary Award
1996
Organization:
Lannan Foundation
Result:
受賞
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
1990
Organization:
The Poetry Foundation
Result:
受賞
Carl Sandburg Award
Result:
受賞
Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
Result:
受賞
Paterson Poetry Prize
Result:
受賞
Vermont Governor's Medal
Result:
受賞
Whiting Award
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞（フェローシップ）
NEA Fellowship
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
受賞（フェローシップ）
Awards & Nominations
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1990) Winner
Lannan Literary Awards
5 appearances
Arthur Rense Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (2008) Winner
Works
Major Works
Collected Shorter Poems
1992 poetry collectionA compilation of shorter poems from 1946 to 1991 showcasing formal range, colloquial voice, and influences from jazz and the blues.
naturerural lifelonelinessdeath
Scrambled Eggs & Whiskey
1996 poetry collectionA collection of poems from 1991–1995 that won the 1996 National Book Award; mixes personal experience, rural imagery, and musical rhythms.
memorymusicagingregionalism
Last Poems
2012 poetry collectionPosthumous collection combining poems written late in life with concluding poems from previous volumes.
deathremembrancefinality
Bibliography
- The Crow and the Heart (1959)
- The Norfolk Poems (1962)
- Appendix A (1963) - novel
- Nothing for Tigers: Poems 1959–1964 (1965)
- For You—Poems (1970)
- Collected Shorter Poems: 1946–1991 (1992)
- Scrambled Eggs & Whiskey: Poems, 1991–1995 (1996)
- Doctor Jazz (2001)
- Last Poems (2012)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- colloquial, rhythm-driven dictionrhythmic and formal influences from jazz and the blueswide formal range and experimental tendencies
- Recurring Motifs
- Vermont and New England landscapespoverty and laborloneliness and insanitydeath and aging
Health
-
stroke(s)晩年（2000年代）Significantly affected late-life creative output and overall health; complications following a series of strokes led to his death.
Legacy
An important figure in American contemporary poetry and criticism. Known for incorporating jazz and blues sensibilities into a wide-ranging poetics, he influenced and mentored younger poets. Winner of major awards including the National Book Award; his late works and correspondence are preserved for scholarship.
Archives
- Inventory of the Hayden Carruth Letters and Poems at the Newberry Library
In Popular Culture
- Audio CD recordings of the author reading his poems
Quotes
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He lauded Pope's rationalism and pandeism, calling him the author of the greatest mock-epic in English literature.
Source: Suicides and Jazzers (1992) (1992)
Trivia
- Served as vice president of his high school class and was jokingly credited with the "prettiest hair."
- Wrote for over sixty years.
- Often wrote about the people and landscapes of northern Vermont.