Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
1 appearances
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Edition 12 (2004) Winner
Henri Cole
アンリ・コール
Henri Cole
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1956-05-09 （Fukuoka, Japan）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Japan → Germany → Illinois, United States → California, United States → Nevada, United States → Missouri, United States → Virginia, United States
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Editor, Professor
- Active Years
- 1982-2025
- Affiliations
- Academy of American Poets (former Executive Director), Brandeis University (visiting), Columbia University (teaching/visiting), Davidson College (visiting), Harvard University (visiting), Ohio State University (visiting), Reed College (visiting), Smith College (visiting), The College of William and Mary (faculty/alumnus), Yale University (visiting), Claremont McKenna College (current faculty)
- Memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Academy of American Poets (affiliated)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of William and Mary | — | — | BA | — | United States |
| University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee | — | — | MA | — | United States |
| Columbia University | — | — | MFA | — | United States |
College of William and Mary
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
Attended after public schooling
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Degree:
MA
Country:
United States
Columbia University
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
MFA in Poetry
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | James Merrill House Writer-in-Residence | — | — | James Merrill House | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Elected Member, American Academy of Arts and Letters | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 選出 |
| 2016 | Award of Merit Medal in Poetry | — | Poetry | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Thom Gunn Award for Poetry | Touch | Poetry | Publishing Triangle | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Jackson Poetry Prize | — | — | Poets & Writers | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize | Blackbird and Wolf | Poetry | Academy of American Poets | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award | Middle Earth | Poetry | Kingsley Tufts Prize | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Pulitzer Prize (Finalist) | Middle Earth | Poetry | Pulitzer Prize | 最終候補 |
| 2000 | Berlin Prize | — | — | American Academy in Berlin | 受賞 |
| 1995 | Rome Prize in Literature | — | Literature | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
| 1989 | Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship | — | — | Amy Lowell Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1985 | Ingram Merrill Foundation Award | — | — | Ingram Merrill Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2009 | National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | 受賞 |
James Merrill House Writer-in-Residence
2021
Organization:
James Merrill House
Result:
受賞
Elected Member, American Academy of Arts and Letters
2017
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
選出
Award of Merit Medal in Poetry
2016
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
Thom Gunn Award for Poetry
2012
Work:
Touch
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Publishing Triangle
Result:
受賞
Jackson Poetry Prize
2012
Organization:
Poets & Writers
Result:
受賞
Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
2008
Work:
Blackbird and Wolf
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Academy of American Poets
Result:
受賞
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
2004
Work:
Middle Earth
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Kingsley Tufts Prize
Result:
受賞
Pulitzer Prize (Finalist)
2004
Work:
Middle Earth
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Pulitzer Prize
Result:
最終候補
Berlin Prize
2000
Organization:
American Academy in Berlin
Result:
受賞
Rome Prize in Literature
1995
Category:
Literature
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship
1989
Organization:
Amy Lowell Foundation
Result:
受賞
Ingram Merrill Foundation Award
1985
Organization:
Ingram Merrill Foundation
Result:
受賞
National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship
2009
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Ambassador Book Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 23 (2008) Winner
Jackson Poetry Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 6 (2012) Winner
Works
Major Works
Blizzard
2020 PoetryA collection of poems featuring personal, keen observations exploring sensation, memory, and corporeality.
bodymemorysensation
Translations
- German translation by Henning Ahrens
Touch
2011 PoetryPoems addressing intimacy, loss, and the ethics of love.
intimacylosslove
Middle Earth
2003 PoetryA book of poems about borders of memory and existence; critically acclaimed and winner of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award.
memoryexistenceplace
The Visible Man
1998 PoetryA collection exploring otherness and self-awareness, centered on body and observation.
othernessselfobservation
Blackbird and Wolf
2007 PoetryA lyrical set of poems using metaphorical imagery and sharp emotional dialogue; recipient of multiple poetry awards.
metaphoremotionnature
Pierce the Skin (Selected Poems, 1982-2007)
2010 Poetry (Selected)A selected anthology of major poems from 1982 to 2007, showing the evolution of his style.
retrospectevolutionself-expression
Bibliography
- The Marble Queen (1986)
- The Zoo Wheel of Knowledge (1989)
- The Look of Things (1995)
- The Visible Man (1998)
- Middle Earth (2003)
- Blackbird and Wolf (2007)
- Pierce the Skin (Selected Poems, 1982-2007) (2010)
- Touch (2011)
- Nothing to Declare (2015)
- Blizzard (2020)
- Orphic Paris (Prose, 2018)
- The Other Love (2025)
Translations of Works
- French translations (e.g., Claire Malroux)
- Spanish translations (e.g., Eduardo López Truco)
- Italian translations (e.g., Massimo Bacigalupo)
- German translations (e.g., Henning Ahrens, Hans Raimund)
- Arabic translations
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise, concentrated dictionintimate, introspective voicevivid imagery grounded in observation
- Recurring Motifs
- bodynaturememoryidentityintimacy/sexuality
Legacy
Henri Cole is a leading contemporary American poet, praised for his intimate emotional writing and precise language. He has received numerous awards and nominations and exerts international influence through translations of his work.
Academic Societies
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Academy of American Poets (affiliated)
Quotes
-
If I have an ethics, it is simply to be true, but never at the expense of original language.
Source: The Paris Review (Interview) (2014)
Trivia
- Born in Fukuoka, Japan in 1956 to an American father and a French-Armenian mother.
- Initially used nature as a mask for private feelings; later came out as openly gay.
- Served as Executive Director of the Academy of American Poets from 1982 to 1988.
- Books have been translated into French, Spanish, Italian, German, and Arabic.
- Was poetry editor of The New Republic from 2010 to 2014.