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John Gould Fletcher

ジョン・グールド・フレッチャー

Jon Gūrudo Furetchā

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1886-01-03 （Little Rock, Arkansas）
Died
1950-05-10 （Little Rock, Arkansas） age 64
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
England → Europe → Little Rock, Arkansas

Career

Occupations
poet, author, authority on modern painting
Active Years
1913-1950
Affiliations
Imagists, Southern Agrarians
Memberships
Imagists, Southern Agrarians
Influenced By
Ezra Pound, Amy Lowell
Influenced
Southern poets

Education

Phillips Academy, Andover
Period: 出席
Country: United States
Attended
Harvard University
Period: 1903-1907
Country: United States
Dropped out

Awards

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1939
Work: Selected Poems
Category: Poetry
Organization: Columbia University
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Irradiations: Sand and Spray

1915 Poetry

Early Imagist poetry collection

natureimagery

Goblins and Pagodas

1916 Poetry

Poetry collection with polyphonic prose experiments

Orientfantasy

Selected Poems

1938 Poetry

Pulitzer Prize-winning selected poems

Southtradition

Bibliography

  • Irradiations: Sand and Spray, 1915
  • Goblins and Pagodas, 1916
  • Japanese Prints, 1918
  • The Tree of Life, 1918
  • Breakers and Granite, 1921
  • Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art, 1921
  • Preludes and Symphonies, 1930
  • XXIV Elegies, 1935
  • Life Is My Song: The Autobiography, 1937
  • South Star, 1941

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Imagismpolyphonic proselater traditional forms
Recurring Motifs
natureSouthtraditionalism

Health

  • chronic arthritis
    晩年
    Affected travel
  • depression
    晩年
    Led to suicide

Legacy

First Southern poet to win Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Key Imagist figure.

Archives

  • Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

In Popular Culture

  • Johnswood listed on National Register of Historic Places

Trivia

  • First Southern poet to win Pulitzer Prize
  • Member of Southern Agrarians
  • Died by suicide