Sir Roger Newdigate's Prize (Newdigate Prize)
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (1968) Winner
James Fenton
ジェームズ・フェントン
Jēmuzu Fenton
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1949-04-25 （Lincoln, England）
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Lincolnshire → Staffordshire → London → East Asia → West Berlin
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Journalist, Literary critic
- Active Years
- 1968-2024
- Affiliations
- New Statesman, The Guardian
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL), Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)
- Influenced By
- W. H. Auden
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magdalen College, Oxford | — | Literature | B.A. | 1967-1970 | United Kingdom |
Magdalen College, Oxford
Literature
Degree:
B.A.
Period:
1967-1970
Year of Graduation:
1970
Country:
United Kingdom
Studied literature
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Newdigate Prize | Our Western Furniture | — | University of Oxford | 受賞 |
| 1971 | Eric Gregory Award | Terminal Moraine | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1984 | Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize | Children in Exile | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Whitbread Prize for Poetry | Out of Danger | 詩 | — | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2015 | PEN Pinter Prize | — | — | PEN International | 受賞（Raif Badawiと共同） |
Newdigate Prize
1968
Work:
Our Western Furniture
Organization:
University of Oxford
Result:
受賞
Eric Gregory Award
1971
Work:
Terminal Moraine
Result:
受賞
Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
1984
Work:
Children in Exile
Result:
受賞
Whitbread Prize for Poetry
1994
Work:
Out of Danger
Category:
詩
Result:
受賞
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry
2007
Result:
受賞
PEN Pinter Prize
2015
Organization:
PEN International
Result:
受賞（Raif Badawiと共同）
Awards & Nominations
Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 24 (1994) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Memory of War
1982 War poetryPoems about the Vietnam War and Cambodia.
WarSoutheast AsiaPolitics
Bibliography
- Our Western Furniture
- Terminal Moraine
- The Memory of War
- Children in Exile
- Out of Danger
- Selected Poems
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Technical masteryCultural collisionFormalist poetry
- Recurring Motifs
- WarOrientPolitics
Legacy
One of the greatest living English poets, known for war poetry and Oxford Professor of Poetry.
In Popular Culture
- Original English librettist for Les Misérables
Quotes
-
The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation.
Source: Interview
Trivia
- Gay
- Partner is writer Darryl Pinckney
- Original librettist for Les Misérables English version