Bollingen Prize for Poetry
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (1950) Winner
John Crowe Ransom
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John Crowe Ransom
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1888-04-30 （Pulaski, Tennessee, US）
- Died
- 1974-07-03 （Gambier, Ohio, US） age 86
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Methodist
- Residence History
- Pulaski, Tennessee, US → Spring Hill, Tennessee, US → Franklin, Tennessee, US → Springfield, Tennessee, US → Nashville, Tennessee, US → Gambier, Ohio, US (Kenyon College)
Career
- Occupations
- educator, scholar, literary critic, poet, essayist, editor
- Active Years
- 1909-1974
- Affiliations
- Vanderbilt University (faculty), Kenyon College (faculty; founding editor of Kenyon Review), The Fugitive (poets, founding member), Southern Agrarians, American Academy of Arts and Letters (member)
- Memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Influenced By
- John Dewey, Modernist poets and movements
- Influenced
- Robert Penn Warren, Allen Tate, Cleanth Brooks, Randall Jarrell, Robert Lowell, E.L. Doctorow
- Nominations
- Nominated for the 1973 Nobel Prize in Literature
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University | Undergraduate (Arts) | Philosophy / English-related | B.A. | 1904–1909 | United States |
| Christ Church, Oxford (University of Oxford) | Greats (Classics/Philosophy) | Classics / Philosophy | Second class honours (Greats) / M.A. (取得年不詳) | 1910–1913 | United Kingdom |
Vanderbilt University
Undergraduate (Arts)
/ Philosophy / English-related
Degree:
B.A.
Period:
1904–1909
Year of Graduation:
1909
Country:
United States
Entered at 15, graduated top of class
Christ Church, Oxford (University of Oxford)
Greats (Classics/Philosophy)
/ Classics / Philosophy
Degree:
Second class honours (Greats) / M.A. (取得年不詳)
Period:
1910–1913
Year of Graduation:
1913
Country:
United Kingdom
Attended as Rhodes Scholar, read Greats and received second-class honours
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | Rhodes Scholarship | — | — | Rhodes Trust | 受賞 |
| 1951 | Bollingen Prize for Poetry | — | — | Bollingen Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 1951 | Russell Loines Award for Poetry | — | — | National Institute of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
| 1964 | National Book Award (for Selected Poems) | Selected Poems | — | National Book Foundation | 受賞 |
Rhodes Scholarship
1910
Organization:
Rhodes Trust
Result:
受賞
Bollingen Prize for Poetry
1951
Organization:
Bollingen Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Russell Loines Award for Poetry
1951
Organization:
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
National Book Award (for Selected Poems)
1964
Work:
Selected Poems
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal (Poetry)
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (1973) Winner
Works
Major Works
The New Criticism
1941 Literary criticismA collection of essays arguing for precise, text-centered criticism and presenting key ideas that influenced the New Criticism movement.
close readingformalismaesthetics of poetry
Poems About God
1919 Poetry collectionAn early collection of poems with religious and philosophical themes, showing early signs of his formal precision.
religiositySouthern domestic lifeformal restraint
Chills and Fever
1924 Poetry collectionOne of his representative poetry collections, noted for wit and strict formal control.
ironynostalgiahuman relations
Two Gentlemen in Bonds
1927 Poetry collectionA collection representing his 1920s poetry, marked by formalism and restrained emotion.
formalismrestrained feelingSouthern landscapes
Selected Poems
1963 Poetry (Selected Poems)A curated selection of his poems; this edition led to the National Book Award.
retrospectionpursuit of formSouthern themes
Bibliography
- Poems About God (1919)
- Chills and Fever (1924)
- Grace After Meat (1924)
- Two Gentlemen in Bonds (1927)
- The World's Body (1938)
- The New Criticism (1941)
- A College Primer of Writing (1943)
- Selected Poems (1963)
- Poems and Essays (1965)
- Beating the Bushes: Selected Essays, 1941–1970 (1972)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- strict formalism (meter and rhyme)concise and precise dictioncalm, ironic observation
- Recurring Motifs
- Southern domestic lifenostalgia for the pastreligious and ethical questions
Legacy
An important 20th-century American critic and poet. As a founder of the New Criticism he shaped critical methodology and mentored many prominent students. His relatively small poetic output is highly regarded for formal precision.
Academic Societies
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
Archives
- Kenyon College Archives (John Crowe Ransom papers)
- Vanderbilt University Special Collections
- East Carolina Manuscript Collection (Stuart Wright Collection)
Quotes
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Criticism must become more scientific, or precise and systematic.
Source: "Criticism, Inc." (The Virginia Quarterly Review, 1937) (1937)
Trivia
- Founding editor of the Kenyon Review.
- Won the Bollingen Prize in 1951.
- Nominated for the 1973 Nobel Prize in Literature.