Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 62 (1981) Winner
James Schuyler
ジェームズ・シュイラー
Jēmusu Shuyarā
Aliases:
James Marcus Schuyler
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1923-11-09 （Chicago）
- Died
- 1991-04-12 （Manhattan） age 67
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Episcopal Church
- Residence History
- Chicago, USA → East Aurora, New York → New York City → Ischia, Italy → Southampton, Long Island
Career
- Occupations
- poet, novelist, art critic, curator
- Active Years
- 1958-1991
- Affiliations
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Art News
- Memberships
- Fellow of the American Academy of Poets
- Influenced By
- W. H. Auden, Fairfield Porter, John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, Kenneth Koch, Barbara Guest
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethany College | — | — | — | 1941-1943 | United States |
| University of Florence | — | — | — | 1947-1948 | Italy |
Bethany College
Period:
1941-1943
Country:
United States
Did not graduate, played bridge extensively
University of Florence
Period:
1947-1948
Country:
Italy
Did not graduate
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry | The Morning of the Poem | — | Columbia University | winner |
| 1961 | Longview Foundation Award | — | — | Longview Foundation | winner |
| 1969 | Frank O'Hara Prize | Freely Espousing | — | — | winner |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | fellow |
| 1985 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | recipient |
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1981
Work:
The Morning of the Poem
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
winner
Longview Foundation Award
1961
Organization:
Longview Foundation
Result:
winner
Frank O'Hara Prize
1969
Work:
Freely Espousing
Result:
winner
Guggenheim Fellowship
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
fellow
Whiting Award
1985
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
recipient
Awards & Nominations
Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1985) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Morning of the Poem
1980 poetry collectionA collection of poems celebrated for intimate observations of daily life, including one of the best long poems of the postmodern era.
beauty of the ordinarynatureintrospection
Freely Espousing
1969 poetry collectionFirst major collection, dedicated to Anne and Fairfield Porter.
arteveryday life
Hymn to Life
1974 poetry collectionPoems celebrating life and the everyday.
lifenature
A Nest of Ninnies
1969 novelNovel co-authored with John Ashbery.
satiresociety
Bibliography
- Alfred and Guinevere (1958)
- Salute (1960)
- May 24 or So (1966)
- Freely Espousing (1969)
- A Nest of Ninnies (1969)
- The Crystal Lithium (1972)
- A Sun Cab (1972)
- Hymn to Life (1974)
- The Fireproof Floors of Witley Court (1976)
- Song (1976)
- The Home Book (1977)
- What's For Dinner? (1978)
- The Morning of the Poem (1980)
- Early in '71 (1982)
- A Few Days (1985)
- Selected Poems (1988)
- Collected Poems (1993)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- conversational styleprose-like linesintimate everyday descriptionsrestrained formalism
- Recurring Motifs
- ordinary objectsraindropsflowersmoments in naturelists
Health
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bipolar disorder生涯Underwent psychoanalysis; endured traumatic experiences including a near-death fire from smoking in bed.
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stroke1991年4月Cause of death.
Legacy
Central figure in the New York School of poets. Pulitzer winner renowned for poetic elevation of the mundane.
Archives
- Mandeville Department of Special Collections, University of California, San Diego
Quotes
-
I am more of a reader than a writer, and everything happens as I write.
Source: Diary (1996)
Trivia
- Gay; partners included William Aalto and John Button.
- Worked at NBC and as curator at MoMA.
- Served as secretary to W. H. Auden in Italy.