Ambassador Book Award
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Edition 25 (2010) Winner
J. D. McClatchy
ジェイ・ディー・マクラッチー
J. D. McClatchy
Aliases:
Joseph Donald McClatchy Jr.
Pen Names:
Sandy（Nickname used informally）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1945-08-12 （Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.）
- Died
- 2018-04-10 age 72
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Stonington, Connecticut → New York, New York
Career
- Occupations
- poet, opera librettist, literary critic, editor, adjunct professor
- Active Years
- 1970-2018
- Affiliations
- Yale University (editor of The Yale Review, fellow, adjunct professor), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fellow)
- Memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Letters, Academy of American Poets, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Influenced By
- Anthony Hecht, Mona Van Duyn, James Merrill
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown University | — | — | BA | — | United States |
| Yale University | — | — | MA, PhD | — | United States |
Georgetown University
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
BA obtained (year uncertain)
Yale University
Degree:
MA, PhD
Year of Graduation:
1974
Country:
United States
Ph.D. awarded in 1974
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Award in Literature, American Academy of Arts and Letters | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Pulitzer Prize (finalist) | Hazmat | — | Columbia University (Pulitzer Prize) | 最終候補 |
| 2000 | Connecticut Governor's Arts Award | — | — | State of Connecticut | 受賞 |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| — | New York Public Library Literary Lion | — | — | New York Public Library | 受賞 |
Award in Literature, American Academy of Arts and Letters
1991
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
Pulitzer Prize (finalist)
2003
Work:
Hazmat
Organization:
Columbia University (Pulitzer Prize)
Result:
最終候補
Connecticut Governor's Arts Award
2000
Organization:
State of Connecticut
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
New York Public Library Literary Lion
Organization:
New York Public Library
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Scenes from Another Life
1981 poetryAn early collection exploring memory and personal relationships.
memoryrelationships
Stars Principal
1986 poetryA mid-career collection showing formal skill and engagement with tradition.
traditionform
The Rest of the Way
1992 poetryConsidered a work demonstrating poetic maturity and technical mastery.
historical awarenessdialogue with tradition
Ten Commandments
1999 poetry 120 pagesA collection addressing ethics, norms, and personal experience.
ethicsnorms
Hazmat
2004 poetry 96 pagesA collection that allegorically treats the body, illness, and hazard; was a Pulitzer Prize finalist (2003) for the manuscript.
bodyillnesshazard
Mercury Dressing: Poems
2009 poetryA later collection notable for musicality and careful verbal tuning.
musiclanguage
Plundered Hearts: New and Selected Poems
2016 poetryA selected and new poems volume that surveys late-career work.
recollectiontradition
Bibliography
- Scenes from Another Life (1981)
- Stars Principal (1986)
- The Rest of the Way (1992)
- Ten Commandments (1999)
- Hazmat (2004)
- Mercury Dressing: Poems (2009)
- Plundered Hearts: New and Selected Poems (2016)
- Numerous edited anthologies and editions (e.g., The Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry; Library of America volumes).
Adaptations
- Numerous opera libretti set by various composers
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- formally skilledengages with classical/traditional formsrestrained emotion with strong rhetorical control
- Recurring Motifs
- the bodyillnesshistorical awarenessmusic/operatradition vs. the individual
Legacy
J. D. McClatchy was a formally oriented American poet who also played significant roles as editor of The Yale Review and as president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Through his poetry, opera libretti, and editorial work he exerted broad influence on American letters.
Academic Societies
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Academy of American Poets (leadership roles)
Archives
- Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (J. D. McClatchy Papers)
Quotes
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J. D. McClatchy is a poet who has emerged into highly distinctive achievement in his third collection. Formally a master, with enormous technical skills, McClatchy writes with an authentic blend of cognitive force and a savage emotional intensity, brilliantly restrained by his care for firm rhetorical control.
Source: Citation for Award in Literature, American Academy of Arts and Letters (1991)
Trivia
- Full name Joseph Donald McClatchy Jr.
- Husband: graphic designer Chip Kidd
- Partner from 1977 to 1989: poet Alfred Corn
- Served as editor of The Yale Review
- Collection 'Hazmat' was a Pulitzer Prize finalist (2003)