Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism
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Edition 27 (2022) Winner
Heather Clark
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Heather Clark
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Unknown
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Outside New York City → Huddersfield
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, literary critic, academic
- Active Years
- 2006-2024
- Affiliations
- University of Huddersfield
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | — | English | BA | — | United States |
| University of Oxford | — | English | PhD | — | United Kingdom |
| Trinity College Dublin | — | — | MPhil | — | Ireland |
Harvard University
English
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
University of Oxford
English
Degree:
PhD
Country:
United Kingdom
Trinity College Dublin
Degree:
MPhil
Country:
Ireland
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Pulitzer Prize for Biography Finalist | Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath | Biography | Columbia University | finalist |
| 2020 | Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Biography Finalist | Red Comet | Biography | Los Angeles Times | finalist |
| 2020 | National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist | Red Comet | — | National Book Critics Circle | finalist |
| 2020 | Slightly Foxed Prize for Best First Biography | Red Comet | — | Slightly Foxed | winner |
| 2022 | Truman Capote Prize for Literary Criticism | — | — | University of Iowa | winner |
| 2006 | Donald J. Murphy Prize for Best First Book | The Ulster Renaissance: Poetry in Belfast 1962–1972 | — | American Conference for Irish Studies | winner |
| 2006 | Robert Rhodes Prize for Books on Literature | The Ulster Renaissance | — | American Conference for Irish Studies | winner |
Pulitzer Prize for Biography Finalist
2021
Work:
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath
Category:
Biography
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
finalist
Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Biography Finalist
2020
Work:
Red Comet
Category:
Biography
Organization:
Los Angeles Times
Result:
finalist
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
2020
Work:
Red Comet
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
finalist
Slightly Foxed Prize for Best First Biography
2020
Work:
Red Comet
Organization:
Slightly Foxed
Result:
winner
Truman Capote Prize for Literary Criticism
2022
Organization:
University of Iowa
Result:
winner
Donald J. Murphy Prize for Best First Book
2006
Work:
The Ulster Renaissance: Poetry in Belfast 1962–1972
Organization:
American Conference for Irish Studies
Result:
winner
Robert Rhodes Prize for Books on Literature
2006
Work:
The Ulster Renaissance
Organization:
American Conference for Irish Studies
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath
2020 BiographyA comprehensive biography of Sylvia Plath including unpublished manuscripts, letters, and interviews.
Sylvia PlathCreativityMental illness
The Ulster Renaissance: Poetry in Belfast 1962–1972
2006 Literary criticismExploration of poetic production in Belfast, Northern Ireland, featuring poets like Paul Muldoon and Seamus Heaney.
Irish poetryBelfastRenaissance
The Grief of Influence: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes
2011 Literary criticismAnalytical study of the creative work, marriage, and rivalry of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes.
InfluenceMarriagePoetry
Sylvia Plath: A Very Short Introduction
2024 IntroductionA very short introduction to Sylvia Plath.
Sylvia Plath
Bibliography
- The Ulster Renaissance: Poetry in Belfast 1962–1972 (2006)
- The Grief of Influence: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes (2011)
- Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath (2020)
- Sylvia Plath: A Very Short Introduction (2024)
Legacy
Renowned biographer of Sylvia Plath, Pulitzer finalist, and award-winning critic.
Quotes
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This vast new biography sets out to recover Plath from her melodramatic legacy.
Source: The New York Times (2020)