Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (1965) Winner
Howard Mumford Jones
ハワード・マムフォード・ジョーンズ
Hāwādo Mamufōdo Jōnzu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1892-04-16 （Saginaw, Michigan）
- Died
- 1980-05-11 （Cambridge, Massachusetts） age 88
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Saginaw, Michigan → Madison, Wisconsin → Chapel Hill, North Carolina → Ann Arbor, Michigan → Cambridge, Massachusetts
Career
- Occupations
- intellectual historian, literary critic, journalist, poet, professor of English
- Active Years
- 1918-1979
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan, Harvard University, Boston Evening Transcript
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin–Madison | — | English Department | — | undergraduate period | United States |
University of Wisconsin–Madison
English Department
Period:
undergraduate period
Year of Graduation:
1914
Country:
United States
Won oratorical contests.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | elected |
| 1941 | American Philosophical Society | — | — | American Philosophical Society | elected |
| 1965 | Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction | O Strange New World: American Culture—The Formative Years | General Nonfiction | Columbia University | winner |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1938
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Result:
elected
American Philosophical Society
1941
Organization:
American Philosophical Society
Result:
elected
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
1965
Work:
O Strange New World: American Culture—The Formative Years
Category:
General Nonfiction
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Gargoyles and Other Poems
1918 PoetryEarly collection of poems.
poetry
O Strange New World: American Culture—The Formative Years
1964 Historical nonfictionExploration of the formative years of American culture. Pulitzer Prize winner.
American culturehumanismhistory
Howard Mumford Jones: An Autobiography
1979 AutobiographyAutobiography reflecting on his life.
autobiographyacademic life
Bibliography
- Gargoyles and Other Poems
- America and French Culture: 1750-1848
- The Harp That Once: A Chronicle of the Life of Thomas Moore
- Ideas in America
- The Bright Medusa
- The Pursuit of Happiness
- American Humanism: Its Meaning for World Survival
- One Great Society: Humane Learning in the United States
- The Scholar as American
- Humane Traditions in America: A List of Suggested Readings, Volume 1
- The University and the New World
- O Strange New World: American Culture—The Formative Years
- History and the Contemporary: Essays in Nineteenth-Century Literature
- Belief and Disbelief in American Culture
- The Age of Energy: Varieties of American Experience, 1865-1915
- Revolution and Romanticism
- Howard Mumford Jones: An Autobiography
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scholarlyhumanisticcritical
- Recurring Motifs
- American culturehumanismindependent mind
Health
-
brief illness1980年Led to his death.
Legacy
The Howard Mumford Jones Professorship of American Studies at Harvard University is named in his honor.
Academic Societies
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- American Philosophical Society
Archives
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Papers of Howard Mumford Jones, 1936-1980
Quotes
-
Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to.
Source: Quotations
Trivia
- Contributed to the establishment of the Bull's Head Bookshop at UNC Chapel Hill.