American Book Awards
3回登壇
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第3回（1982年） Winner
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第31回（2010年） Winner
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第35回（2014年） Winner
Jerome Rothenberg
ジェローム・ローテンバーグ
Jerome Rothenberg
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1931-12-11 （New York City）
- 死没
- 2024-04-21 （Encinitas, California） 92歳
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 宗教
- Judaism
- 居住地歴
- New York City (born and lived until 1972) → Allegany Seneca Reservation (circa 1972) → San Diego, California (after moving from New York) → Encinitas, California (later life)
経歴
- 職業
- poet, translator, anthologist, professor
- 活動期間
- 1950年〜2024年
- 所属
- State University of New York, Binghamton (faculty), University of California, San Diego (professor, visual arts & literature)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Dennis Tedlock, George Quasha, David Antin
- 影響を与えた人物
- Charles Bernstein, Pierre Joris, later experimental poets
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City College of New York | Faculty of Arts | Department of English | B.A. | 1948–1952 | United States |
| University of Michigan | Graduate School (Literature) | Comparative/English Literature | M.A. | 1952–1953 | United States |
| Columbia University | Graduate studies | English/Comparative Literature | — | 1955–1959 | United States |
City College of New York
Faculty of Arts
/ Department of English
学位:
B.A.
期間:
1948–1952
卒業年:
1952
国:
United States
Received B.A.
University of Michigan
Graduate School (Literature)
/ Comparative/English Literature
学位:
M.A.
期間:
1952–1953
卒業年:
1953
国:
United States
Received M.A. in Literature
Columbia University
Graduate studies
/ English/Comparative Literature
期間:
1955–1959
卒業年:
1959
国:
United States
Completed further graduate study (degree not specified)
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award | Technicians of the Sacred (50th Anniversary Expanded Edition) | — | PEN Oakland | 受賞 |
PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award
2018
対象作品:
Technicians of the Sacred (50th Anniversary Expanded Edition)
主催:
PEN Oakland
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
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第4回（1994年） Winner
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第6回（1996年） Winner
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第28回（2018年） Winner
作品
代表作
White Sun Black Sun
1960年 poetry collectionAn early collection showing the beginnings of Rothenberg's experimental poetics.
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Technicians of the Sacred
1968年 anthology / ethnopoeticsA landmark anthology collecting poems and ritual texts from Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania that helped establish ethnopoetics. A 50th anniversary expanded edition was published in 2017.
ritualoral literaturecomparative poetics
翻訳
- Available in multiple translations including a complete French edition (2008)
Poland/1931
1974年 poetry / surrealist cycleA cycle of poems drawing on Jewish heritage and surrealist influences, exploring poetic form and historical memory.
Jewish heritagememoryhistory
映像化・舞台化
- [theatricalization] Poland/1931 (stage adaptation)
A Seneca Journal
1978年 poetry / journalPoems and journal writings inspired by Native American (Seneca) themes, reflecting Rothenberg's ethnopoetic concerns.
Native American cultureritualsense of place
That Dada Strain
1983年 poetry / dada-influencedA sequence influenced by Dada and Surrealism, incorporating experimental sound poetry and performance elements.
DadaSurrealismsound poetry
映像化・舞台化
- [radio/broadcast performance] That Dada Strain (broadcast/performance) / Westdeutscher Rundfunk（関与） (1983)
全著作
- White Sun Black Sun
- Technicians of the Sacred
- Poems for the Game of Silence (selected)
- Poland/1931
- A Seneca Journal
- That Dada Strain
- Poems for the Millennium (co-ed., with Pierre Joris)
- Poetics & Polemics 1980–2005
翻案
- Stage adaptations and theatricalizations of Poland/1931
- Broadcast/performance versions of That Dada Strain
作家による翻訳
- Early English translations of Paul Celan
- Translations of German-language poets including Günter Grass
- Translations of Federico García Lorca (and others)
作品の翻訳
- Technicians of the Sacred: complete French edition (2008) and other translations in Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Portuguese, etc.
作風・主題
- 文体
- experimental poetryperformance poetryethnopoetic editorial methodcollage/assemblage techniques
- 頻出モチーフ
- Jewish heritage and memoryritual and oral traditionsound and acoustic elementscollage and fragmentation
評価・遺産
Rothenberg, co-originator of ethnopoetics, had a major impact on contemporary poetry through performance, translation, and anthology-making. His anthologies expanded the scope of poetry and re-evaluated the importance of oral and ritual texts.
大衆文化への影響
- Influence on experimental musicians and performance groups through collaborations
引用
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“The significance of Jerome Rothenberg's animating spirit looms larger every year. … [He] is the ultimate 'hyphenated' poet: critic-anthropologist-editor-anthologist-performer-teacher-translator.”
出典: Charles Bernstein (quoted in article) (2018年)
豆知識
- Co-founded the approach of ethnopoetics with Dennis Tedlock.
- Founded Hawk's Well Press and experimental magazines, publishing avant-garde poets.
- Served in the U.S. Army in Mainz, Germany (1953–1955).
- Survived by his wife and longtime collaborator Diane; reported to have been married for 71 years.