Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 73 (1992) Winner
James Tate
ジェームズ・テイト
Jēmusu Teito
Aliases:
James Vincent Tate
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1943-12-08 （Kansas City, Missouri）
- Died
- 2015-07-08 （Amherst, Massachusetts） age 71
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Kansas City, Missouri → Amherst, Massachusetts
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Professor of English
- Active Years
- 1966-2015
- Affiliations
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Memberships
- Academy of American Poets
- Influenced By
- Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, Max Jacob, Robert Desnos, André Breton, Benjamin Péret, César Vallejo
- Influenced
- John Ashbery
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburg State University | — | — | BA | 1961-1965 | United States |
| University of Iowa | — | Writers' Workshop | MFA | — | United States |
Pittsburg State University
Degree:
BA
Period:
1961-1965
Year of Graduation:
1965
Country:
United States
Bachelor of Arts
University of Iowa
Writers' Workshop
Degree:
MFA
Year of Graduation:
1967
Country:
United States
Master of Fine Arts
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Pulitzer Prize | Selected Poems | 詩部門 | Columbia University | 受賞 |
| 1994 | National Book Award | Worshipful Company of Fletchers | 詩部門 | National Book Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1991 | William Carlos Williams Award | Selected Poems | — | Poetry Society of America | 受賞 |
| 1995 | Wallace Stevens Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Pulitzer Prize
1992
Work:
Selected Poems
Category:
詩部門
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
受賞
National Book Award
1994
Work:
Worshipful Company of Fletchers
Category:
詩部門
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
受賞
William Carlos Williams Award
1991
Work:
Selected Poems
Organization:
Poetry Society of America
Result:
受賞
Wallace Stevens Award
1995
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Lost Pilot
1967 PoetryFirst poetry collection, including works about his father's death.
LossFamily
Selected Poems
1991 PoetrySelected poems, winner of Pulitzer Prize.
SurrealismAbsurdity of everyday life
Worshipful Company of Fletchers
1994 PoetryPoetry collection, winner of National Book Award.
HumorAbsurdity
Bibliography
- The Lost Pilot (1967)
- The Oblivion Ha-Ha (1970)
- Selected Poems (1991)
- Worshipful Company of Fletchers (1994)
- Shroud of the Gnome (1997)
- Memoir of the Hawk (2002)
- The Ghost Soldiers (2008)
- Dome of the Hidden Pavilion (2015)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- SurrealisticComicAbsurdist
- Recurring Motifs
- Characters in troubleAbsurdity of daily lifeQuest for life
Legacy
A key figure in contemporary American poetry, known for blending surrealism and humor. Won Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, influencing many poets.
Quotes
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My characters usually are—or, I’d say most often...—in trouble, and they’re trying to find some kind of life.
Source: The Paris Review (2006)
Trivia
- His father died in WWII combat before he was a year old.
- In high school, he was in a gang and planned to be a gas station attendant like his uncle.
- Married to poet Dara Wier.