Hawthornden Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 55 (1995) Winner
James Michie
ジェームズ・ミチー
Jeimuzu Michi
Aliases:
James Crain Michie
Pen Names:
Jaspistos（Used for literary competitions in The Spectator）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1927-06-24 （Weybridge, Surrey）
- Died
- 2007-10-30 age 80
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- poet, translator, editor, editorial director, lecturer
- Active Years
- 1949-2007
- Affiliations
- The Bodley Head, The London Magazine
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlborough College | — | Classics | — | — | United Kingdom |
Marlborough College
Classics
Country:
United Kingdom
Held an exhibition
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Hawthornden Prize | Collected Poems | — | Hawthornden Foundation | winner |
Hawthornden Prize
1995
Work:
Collected Poems
Organization:
Hawthornden Foundation
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Collected Poems
1994 PoetryCollection of Michie's poems.
lovedreamsdeath
The Odes of Horace
1964 TranslationTranslation of Horace's Odes.
The Poems of Catullus
1969 TranslationTranslation of Catullus's poems.
Bibliography
- Oxford Poetry 1949
- Possible Laughter
- Odes of Horace
- The Poems of Catullus
- La Fontaine Selected Fables
- New and Selected Poems
- Oxford Book of Short Poems
- Aesop's Fables retold in verse
- Collected Poems
- Last Poems
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Refined translations of classical poetryverse form
- Recurring Motifs
- lovedreamsdeath
Legacy
Known for excellent translations of Latin poetry and awarded Hawthornden Prize for poetry.
Trivia
- His younger brother Donald Michie was an AI researcher.
- Served as conscientious objector in Bavaria and Jamaica.