Lannan Literary Awards
7 appearances
Jack Gilbert
ジャック・ギルバート
Jakku Girubāto
Pen Names:
Tor Kung（Pseudonym used for erotic novels）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1925-02-18 （Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.）
- Died
- 2012-11-13 （Berkeley, California, U.S.） age 87
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Paris, France → Italy (several years) → New York, U.S. → San Francisco, U.S. → England (briefly) → Denmark (briefly) → Greece (briefly) → Berkeley, California, U.S.
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Writer, Lecturer
- Active Years
- 1954-2012
- Affiliations
- Smith College (writer-in-residence), Juniata College (Poet in Residence), University of Tennessee (visiting professor / writer-in-residence)
- Influenced By
- Jack Spicer, Allen Ginsberg, Laura Ulewicz, Gerald Stern
- Influenced
- Elizabeth Gilbert, Linda Gregg (friend and poetic influence)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pittsburgh | — | — | BA | 1950s - 1954 | United States |
| San Francisco State University | — | — | MA | 1960s - 1963 | United States |
University of Pittsburgh
Degree:
BA
Period:
1950s - 1954
Year of Graduation:
1954
Country:
United States
Received BA
San Francisco State University
Degree:
MA
Period:
1960s - 1963
Year of Graduation:
1963
Country:
United States
Received MA
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition | Views of Jeopardy | — | Yale University Press | 受賞 |
| 1964 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | フェローシップ |
| 1983 | Stanley Kunitz Prize | Monolithos | — | unknown | 受賞 |
| 1983 | American Poetry Review Prize | Monolithos | — | American Poetry Review | 受賞 |
| 1983 | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (finalist) | Monolithos | — | Pulitzer Prizes | 最終候補 |
| 1994 | Lannan Literary Award for Poetry | — | — | Lannan Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2005 | National Book Critics Circle Award | Refusing Heaven | — | National Book Critics Circle | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (finalist) | Collected Poems | — | Pulitzer Prizes | 最終候補 |
Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition
1962
Work:
Views of Jeopardy
Organization:
Yale University Press
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
1964
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
フェローシップ
Stanley Kunitz Prize
1983
Work:
Monolithos
Organization:
unknown
Result:
受賞
American Poetry Review Prize
1983
Work:
Monolithos
Organization:
American Poetry Review
Result:
受賞
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (finalist)
1983
Work:
Monolithos
Organization:
Pulitzer Prizes
Result:
最終候補
Lannan Literary Award for Poetry
1994
Organization:
Lannan Foundation
Result:
受賞
National Book Critics Circle Award
2005
Work:
Refusing Heaven
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
受賞
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (finalist)
2013
Work:
Collected Poems
Organization:
Pulitzer Prizes
Result:
最終候補
Awards & Nominations
Los Angeles Times Book Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 26 (2005) Winner
Works
Major Works
Views of Jeopardy
1962 Poetry collectionHis first book of poems, noted for concise lyricism; won the Yale Series of Younger Poets prize.
memoryloveexistence
Monolithos
1982 Poetry collectionA collection published after a long gap that established his mature voice: controlled emotion and clarity.
solitudedeathnature
The Great Fires: Poems 1982-1992
1994 Poetry collectionA collected selection of poems from 1982–1992 focusing on intimate relationships and loss.
lossloveinsights into everyday life
Refusing Heaven
2005 Poetry collectionA mature collection that won the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award.
agelovememory
The Dance Most of All
2010 Poetry collectionA late collection marked by a tender gaze at daily life and reflections on living.
everyday liferecollectionlove and loss
Collected Poems
2012 Poetry collection (collected)A lifetime collected poems volume; finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize.
overview of lifetime themesmemoryhuman relationships
Bibliography
- Views of Jeopardy (1962)
- Monolithos (1982)
- Kochan (1984, chapbook)
- The Great Fires: Poems 1982-1992 (1994)
- Refusing Heaven (2005)
- Tough Heaven: Poems of Pittsburgh (2006)
- Transgressions: Selected Poems (2006)
- The Dance Most of All (2010)
- Collected Poems (2012)
- Novels (as Tor Kung): My Mother Taught Me (1964)
- Novels (as Tor Kung): Forever Ecstasy (1968)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise, lyrical styleemotional restraint with clear expressionrendering everyday experience with startling clarity
- Recurring Motifs
- memorylove and losstravelmortalitydepictions of nature
Legacy
Jack Gilbert was known for his concise, lyrical poetry and published relatively few but influential collections. He received renewed recognition during his lifetime and posthumously and has influenced younger poets and critics.
Archives
- University of Pittsburgh Archives (correspondence with Gerald Stern, etc.)
Quotes
-
“We look up at the stars and they are / not there. We see memory / of when they were, once upon a time. / And that too is more than enough.”
Source: poem (specific source not specified)
Trivia
- Published two erotic novels under the pseudonym Tor Kung for a Danish press.
- Married to Michiko Nogami, a Japanese language instructor; she died of cancer in 1982 at age 36.
- Although acquainted with Beat figures, he described himself as a "serious romantic."