Kate Tufts Discovery Award
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (2001) Winner
Jennifer S. Clarvoe
ジェニファー・S・クラーヴォー
Jennifer S. Clarvoe
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Gambier, Ohio (Kenyon College) → Berkeley, California (graduate study) → Princeton, New Jersey (undergraduate study) → Stonington, Connecticut (James Merrill House fellow residency)
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Professor of English, Academic
- Active Years
- 1990-
- Affiliations
- Kenyon College (Department of English), Harvard Summer School (visitor/instructor), Wellesley College (visitor/instructor), Boston University (visitor/instructor), University of California, Irvine MFA Program (faculty)
- Influenced By
- Ovid (influence noted in Counter-Amores as a reversal of Ovid's Amores)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton University | — | English | B.A. | — | United States |
| University of California, Berkeley | — | English | Ph.D. | — | United States |
Princeton University
English
Degree:
B.A.
Year of Graduation:
1983
Country:
United States
University of California, Berkeley
English
Degree:
Ph.D.
Year of Graduation:
1993
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Kate Tufts Discovery Award | Invisible Tender | — | Kate Tufts Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Rome Prize (Literature) | — | 文学 | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞（在ローマ・アカデミー滞在） |
| 2000 | Poets Out Loud Prize | Invisible Tender | — | Poets Out Loud / publisher | 受賞 |
Kate Tufts Discovery Award
2001
Work:
Invisible Tender
Organization:
Kate Tufts Foundation
Result:
受賞
Rome Prize (Literature)
2002
Category:
文学
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞（在ローマ・アカデミー滞在）
Poets Out Loud Prize
2000
Work:
Invisible Tender
Organization:
Poets Out Loud / publisher
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Invisible Tender
2000 PoetryA collection that treats childhood memories and loss. It blends formal techniques (e.g., variations on the sestina) with lyrical lines to reclaim the past and enable forward movement.
childhoodmemorylossformal technique
Counter-Amores
2011 PoetryA set of poems written as reversals of Ovid's elegies from Amores, notable for its dialog with classical texts and contemporary perspective.
dialogue with the classicslove and reversaltextual transformation
Bibliography
- Invisible Tender. Fordham University Press. 2000.
- Counter-Amores. The University of Chicago Press. 2011.
- Selected poems and journal publications (The Antioch Review, AGNI, The Yale Review, Partisan Review, The Ohio Review, etc.)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical yet edgy stylefrequent use of formal techniques (e.g., sestina)
- Recurring Motifs
- recollection of childhoodmemory and lossengagement with classical texts
Legacy
Jennifer Clarvoe is an American poet and educator noted for her debut collection Invisible Tender and recognized with awards such as the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and the Rome Prize. She has influenced generations of students through her long teaching career.
Quotes
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Her lines have been described as "edgy as often as lyrical," characterized by a relish for variations on formal forms such as the sestina.
Source: The Antioch Review (review by Jane Satterfield, 2002) (2002)
Trivia
- Has taught English at Kenyon College since 1990.
- Won the 2001 Kate Tufts Discovery Award for Invisible Tender.
- Received the 2002–2003 Rome Prize and spent a year at the American Academy in Rome.
- Was a 2016 James Merrill House Fellow.